transpirer

\tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe\

/\tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“transpirer” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,575
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’exhaler, sortir du corps par les pores.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transpirer · transpirer · French

transpirer · rank #29,575 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,575
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tracas

Nearest frequency peer: tracas (-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 « transpirer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « transpirer » 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).

transpirer vs transposer
80% similar
transpirer vs transporter
82% similar
transpirer vs transiter
80% similar

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

Key facts for transpirer
PropertyValue
Headwordtranspirer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#29,575
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « transpirer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).transpirerse 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 « tracas » (#29,574), « transposer » (#29,576), « touts » (#29,573). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transpirer » est au #29,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around transpirer (IPA \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,575 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for transpirer, with forms such as "rtanspirer", "tarnspirer", and "trannspirer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "transposer", "transporter", "transiter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is transpirer, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    S’exhaler, sortir du corps par les pores.
  2. 2
    Suer ; produire une exhalation humide à la surface de la peau.
  3. 3
    Dégager une idée, une habitude, une émotion.
  4. 4
    Se dit de ce qu’on s’efforce de tenir secret, mais dont quelque chose commence à être connu, divulgué, révélé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les humeurs transpirèrent au travers de la peau.
  2. J’sortirais du hammam je n’transpirerais pas plus. Il y a de quoi piger la crève.

Synonyms

suersuinter

This word in other languages

transpire(English)transpirar(Español)schwitzen(Deutsch)transpirar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtanspirer
  • tarnspirer
  • trannspirer
  • tranpsirer
  • transiprer
  • transpierr
  • transpirerr
  • transpirre
  • transpirrer
  • transppirer
  • transprier
  • transspirer
  • trasnpirer
  • trnaspirer
  • trranspirer
  • ttranspirer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtanspirer2tarnspirer2trannspirer1tranpsirer2transiprer2transpierr2transpirerr1transpirre2
Edit distance from "transpirer"

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 "transpirer"?
"transpirer" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe\.
What does "transpirer" mean?
As a verb, "transpirer" means: S’exhaler, sortir du corps par les pores.
What words are commonly confused with "transpirer"?
"transpirer" is commonly confused with "transposer", "transporter", "transiter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transpirer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transpirer" is \tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transpirer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

transposer#29,576télégraphe#29,581théâtrales#29,566statuettes#29,549

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

subdivision16 variantséchappatoire16 variantsréquisition16 variantsamicalement16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list