transparent
\tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“transparent” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #10,962 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #10,962
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est diaphane, au travers de quoi l’on peut voir les objets.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transparent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transparent” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for transparent is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,962 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for transparent, with forms such as "rtansparent", "tarnsparent", and "trannsparent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "transparente", "transportent", "transparents", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is transparent, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-A-R-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est diaphane, au travers de quoi l’on peut voir les objets.
- 2Dont on découvre facilement le sens.
- 3Qui ne cache rien, qui est franc et ouvert.
- 4Dont on remarque à peine l’existence.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtansparent,tarnsparent,trannsparent,tranpsarent,transaprent,transpaernt,transparennt,transparentt,transparetn,transparnet,transparrent,transpparent,transpraent,transsparent,trasnparent,trnasparent,trransparent,ttransparent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transparent - 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.
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.
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Using “transparent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-N-S-P-A-R-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “transparente” - see the side-by-side comparison. transparent vs transparente
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.