transpirant

\tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃\

/\tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“transpirant” is uncommon French (frequency #63,421 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,421
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui transpire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transpirant · transpirant · French

transpirant · rank #63,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,421
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Transnistrie

Nearest frequency peer: Transnistrie (-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 « transpirant »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for transpirant
PropertyValue
Headwordtranspirant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#63,421
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « transpirant » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).transpiranttombe 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: « Transnistrie » (#63,420), « transpiré » (#63,422), « Tracfin » (#63,419). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transpirant » est au #63,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

transpirant is uncommon French at frequency #63,421 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui transpire.".

transpirant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is transpirant, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui transpire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je courus à « la glacière » — une caisse à savon qui contenait un bloc de glace — pour boire frais. J'y trouvai, à côté de la carafe transpirante, deux compotiers pleins de crème fouettée.
  2. - C’est pourquoi mon gars ? Me lance une stature transpirante qui se relève du derrière du zinc en se tapotant le front, s’épongeant l’encolure en cussant, passant un coup circulaire du même torchon couleur champignon sur une flaque filant par les flancs du comptoir.

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 "transpirant"?
"transpirant" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "transpirant" mean?
As an adjective, "transpirant" means: Qui transpire.
How do you pronounce "transpirant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transpirant" is \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list