transmutation

\tʁɑ̃s.my.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\tʁɑ̃s.my.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“transmutation” is uncommon French (frequency #54,967 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,967
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Changement d’une chose en une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transmutation · transmutation · French

transmutation · rank #54,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,967
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tranquilité

Nearest frequency peer: tranquilité (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « transmutation »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « transmutation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for transmutation
PropertyValue
Headwordtransmutation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.my.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#54,967
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « transmutation » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.transmutationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « tranquilité » (#54,966), « transpondeur » (#54,968), « tranchantes » (#54,965). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transmutation » est au #54,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

transmutation is uncommon French at frequency #54,967 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɑ̃s.my.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for transmutation, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is transmutation, spelled T-R-A-N-S-M-U-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Changement d’une chose en une autre.
  2. 2
    Changement d’une chose en une autre.
  3. 3
    Changement d’un atome en un autre.
  4. 4
    Changement d’un atome en un autre.
  5. 5
    Transformation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how transmutation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le plus étonnant est sans doute l'aisance avec laquelle saint Albert accepte les idées des anciens à propos de la transmutation des plantes. c'est ainsi qu'il considère le gui comme résultant de la transpiration de la sève de l'arbre qui le porte, […].
  2. La transmutation des métaux en or était l’objet des recherches des alchimistes.

This word in other languages

transmutation(English)transmutación(Español)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transmutation"?
"transmutation" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-M-U-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.my.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "transmutation" mean?
As a noun, "transmutation" means: Changement d’une chose en une autre.
How do you pronounce "transmutation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transmutation" is \tʁɑ̃s.my.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transmutation" come from?
"transmutation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "transmutation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list