transpires

\tʁɑ̃s.piʁ\

/\tʁɑ̃s.piʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“transpires” is uncommon French (frequency #80,727 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,727
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de transpirer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transpires · transpires · French

transpires · rank #80,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,727
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transnationaux

Nearest frequency peer: transnationaux (-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 « transpires »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for transpires
PropertyValue
Headwordtranspires
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.piʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,727
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « transpires » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.transpirestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « transnationaux » (#80,726), « trappiste » (#80,728), « tramadol » (#80,725). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transpires » est au #80,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

transpires is uncommon French at frequency #80,727 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁɑ̃s.piʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for transpires, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is transpires, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de transpirer.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de 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 "transpires"?
"transpires" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.piʁ\.
What does "transpires" mean?
As a verb, "transpires" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de transpirer.
How do you pronounce "transpires"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transpires" is \tʁɑ̃s.piʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transpires" come from?
"transpires" 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 "transpires", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list