transpercer

\tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.se\

/\tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“transpercer” is uncommon French (frequency #56,323 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,323
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Percer de part en part.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transpercer · transpercer · French

transpercer · rank #56,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,323
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transité

Nearest frequency peer: transité (-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 « transpercer »

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 « transpercer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for transpercer
PropertyValue
Headwordtranspercer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.se\
Letters11
Frequency rank#56,323
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « transpercer » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).transpercertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « transité » (#56,322), « transfo » (#56,321), « Tribeca » (#56,325). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transpercer » est au #56,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

transpercer is uncommon French at frequency #56,323 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

transpercer has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 transpercer, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-E-R-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Percer de part en part.
  2. 2
    Faire souffrir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le coup qu’il reçut le transperça.
  2. Il eut le bras transpercé d’un coup d’épée.

This word in other languages

pierce(English)

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 "transpercer"?
"transpercer" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-E-R-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.se\.
What does "transpercer" mean?
As a verb, "transpercer" means: Percer de part en part.
How do you pronounce "transpercer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transpercer" is \tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transpercer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

syncrétisme#56,302vagabondage#56,346surveillera#56,295Witherspoon#56,363

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list