transparaître

\tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛtʁ\

/\tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛtʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“transparaître” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,192
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
21
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paraître comme à travers un voile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transparaitre · transparaître · French

transparaître · rank #43,192 · 21 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #43,192
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tranchants

Nearest frequency peer: tranchants (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « transparaître »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « transparaître » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

transparaître vs transparaît
85% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for transparaître
PropertyValue
Headwordtransparaître
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛtʁ\
Letters13
Frequency rank#43,192
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « transparaître »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).transparaîtrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tranchants » (#43,191), « tremblante » (#43,193), « tracks » (#43,190). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transparaître » est au #43,192. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around transparaître (IPA \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛtʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,192 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Paraître comme à travers un voile.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for transparaître, with forms such as "rtansparaître", "tarnsparaître", and "trannsparaître". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "transparaît", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is transparaître, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-A-R-A-Î-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Paraître comme à travers un voile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais au moment où l’auguste pardon descendait sur elle, un sourire céleste illumina ses traits innocents : le prêtre pensa qu’elle se sentait sauvée et que d’obscures visions séraphiques transparaissaient pour elle sur les mortelles ténèbres de la dernière heure.
  2. La fausseté et la perfidie transparaissent dans Falsaron.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtansparaître
  • tarnsparaître
  • trannsparaître
  • tranpsaraître
  • transapraître
  • transpaarître
  • transparaitre
  • transparatîre
  • transparaîrte
  • transparaîter
  • transparaîtrre
  • transparaîttre
  • transparraître
  • transparîatre
  • transpparaître
  • transpraaître
  • transsparaître
  • trasnparaître
  • trnasparaître
  • trransparaître
  • ttransparaître

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transparaître - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtansparaître2tarnsparaître2trannsparaître1tranpsaraître2transapraître2transpaarître2transparaitre1transparatîre2
Edit distance from "transparaître"

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 "transparaître"?
"transparaître" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-A-R-A-Î-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛtʁ\.
What does "transparaître" mean?
As a verb, "transparaître" means: Paraître comme à travers un voile.
What words are commonly confused with "transparaître"?
"transparaître" is commonly confused with "transparaît". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transparaître"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transparaître" is \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transparaître" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

surnaturelles#43,172acceptabilité#43,242accueilleront#43,245antifascistes#43,269

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

écologiquement21 variantsprépondérance21 variantscartographique21 variantsenchaînements21 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list