transpirant
\tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃\
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
- tourmentés
tourmentés
36,583 corpus weight
- Tracfin
Tracfin
36,582 corpus weight
- Transnistrie
Transnistrie
36,581 corpus weight
- transpirant
transpirant
36,580 corpus weight
- transpiré
transpiré
36,579 corpus weight
- transplanta…
transplantations
36,578 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « transpirant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transpirant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « transpirant » en français
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
- 1Qui transpire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how transpirant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
- 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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).