transmettre

/\tʁɑ̃s.mɛtʁ\/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,508

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

transmettre is aFrenchverb. It means: Céder ou mettre ce qu’on possède en la possession d’un autre. Pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.mɛtʁ\. It ranks #5,508 in French word frequency. Often confused with transmettra.

Key facts for transmettre
PropertyValue
Headwordtransmettre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.mɛtʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,508
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of transmettre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for transmettre is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃s.mɛtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,508 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for transmettre, with forms such as "rtansmettre", "tarnsmettre", and "tranmsettre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "transmettra", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is transmettre, spelled T-R-A-N-S-M-E-T-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Céder ou mettre ce qu’on possède en la possession d’un autre.
  2. 2
    Faire passer ; faire parvenir.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtansmettre,tarnsmettre,tranmsettre,trannsmettre,transemttre,transmetre,transmetrte,transmetter,transmettrre,transmmettre,transmtetre,transsmettre,trasnmettre,trnasmettre,trransmettre,ttransmettre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for transmettre

Misspelling Variants of "transmettre"

rtansmettre11tarnsmettre11tranmsettre11trannsmettre12transemttre11transmetre10transmetrte11transmetter11
Misspelling Variants of "transmettre"

Frequency rank: #5,508 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transmettre"?
"transmettre" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-M-E-T-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.mɛtʁ\.
What does "transmettre" mean?
As a verb, "transmettre" means: Céder ou mettre ce qu’on possède en la possession d’un autre.
What words are commonly confused with "transmettre"?
"transmettre" is commonly confused with "transmettra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transmettre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transmettre" is \tʁɑ̃s.mɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transmettre" come from?
"transmettre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.