transpiration

\tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“transpiration” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,399. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,399
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sueur ; exhalation humide à la surface de la peau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transpiration · transpiration · French

transpiration · rank #23,399 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,399
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transparentes

Nearest frequency peer: transparentes (-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 « transpiration »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « transpiration » 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).

transpiration vs transportation
86% similar

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

Key facts for transpiration
PropertyValue
Headwordtranspiration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#23,399
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « transpiration »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).transpirationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « transparentes » (#23,398), « tracés » (#23,397), « travailliste » (#23,401). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transpiration » est au #23,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around transpiration (IPA \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,399 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for transpiration, with forms such as "rtanspiration", "tarnspiration", and "trannspiration". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "transportation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is transpiration, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sueur ; exhalation humide à la surface de la peau.
  2. 2
    Perte d’eau sous forme de vapeur à la surface des organes végétaux, principalement par les stomates et plus rarement par la cuticule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — J’ai une transpiration froide qui me monte à la tête !… Ce doit être l’émotion !…
  2. Il comprit que cette montée de transpiration était due à la peur qu’il avait eue de tomber, beaucoup plus qu’à l’effort.

Synonyms

sudationperspiration

Antonyms

intranspiration

This word in other languages

perspiration(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtanspiration
  • tarnspiration
  • trannspiration
  • tranpsiration
  • transipration
  • transpiartion
  • transpiraiton
  • transpiratino
  • transpirationn
  • transpiratoin
  • transpirattion
  • transpirration
  • transpirtaion
  • transppiration
  • transpriation
  • transspiration
  • trasnpiration
  • trnaspiration
  • trranspiration
  • ttranspiration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transpiration - 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.

rtanspiration2tarnspiration2trannspiration1tranpsiration2transipration2transpiartion2transpiraiton2transpiratino2
Edit distance from "transpiration"

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 "transpiration"?
"transpiration" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "transpiration" mean?
As a noun, "transpiration" means: Sueur ; exhalation humide à la surface de la peau.
What words are commonly confused with "transpiration"?
"transpiration" is commonly confused with "transportation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transpiration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transpiration" is \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transpiration" come from?
"transpiration" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

transparentes#23,398organisatrice#23,302mitrailleuses#23,284fragmentation#23,557

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

souverainistes20 variantscommunautarisme20 variantsparticipantes20 variantsphotovoltaïque20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list