transmission

/\tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,881

in French word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

transmission is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de transmettre ou résultat de cette action. Pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #3,881 in French word frequency. Often confused with transmissions.

Key facts for transmission
PropertyValue
Headwordtransmission
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,881
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for transmission is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,881 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for transmission, with forms such as "rtansmission", "tarnsmission", and "tranmsission". 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, "transmissions", 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 transmission, spelled T-R-A-N-S-M-I-S-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de transmettre ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des organes qui transmettent aux roues la puissance du moteur.
  3. 3
    Boîte de vitesses.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtansmission,tarnsmission,tranmsission,trannsmission,transimssion,transmision,transmisison,transmissino,transmissionn,transmissoin,transmmission,transmsision,transsmission,trasnmission,trnasmission,trransmission,ttransmission

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for transmission

Misspelling Variants of "transmission"

rtansmission12tarnsmission12tranmsission12trannsmission13transimssion12transmision11transmisison12transmissino12
Misspelling Variants of "transmission"

Frequency rank: #3,881 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transmission"?
"transmission" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-M-I-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "transmission" mean?
As a noun, "transmission" means: Action de transmettre ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "transmission"?
"transmission" is commonly confused with "transmissions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transmission"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transmission" is \tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transmission" come from?
"transmission" 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.