transposé

\tʁɑ̃s.po.ze\

/\tʁɑ̃s.po.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“transposé” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,540
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de transposer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transpose · transposé · French

transposé · rank #40,540 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,540
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tracées

Nearest frequency peer: tracées (-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 « transposé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « transposé » 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).

transposé vs transposer
80% similar
transposé vs transposée
90% similar
transposé vs transport
78% similar

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

Key facts for transposé
PropertyValue
Headwordtransposé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.po.ze\
Letters9
Frequency rank#40,540
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « transposé »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.transposése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tracées » (#40,539), « triumvirat » (#40,541), « tractions » (#40,538). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transposé » est au #40,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around transposé (IPA \tʁɑ̃s.po.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,540 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de transposer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for transposé, with forms such as "rtansposé", "tarnsposé", and "trannsposé". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "transposer", "transposée", "transport", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 transposé, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de transposer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le cygne devient une des images fin-de-siècle violemment ironiques de la faillite de l’éros romantique, triomphe malgré lui du désir narcissique transposé, sadicisé, ange violé de Sodome que nul Dieu ne venge.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtansposé
  • tarnsposé
  • trannsposé
  • tranpsosé
  • transopsé
  • transpose
  • transpossé
  • transpoés
  • transpposé
  • transpsoé
  • transsposé
  • trasnposé
  • trnasposé
  • trransposé
  • ttransposé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtansposé2tarnsposé2trannsposé1tranpsosé2transopsé2transpose1transpossé1transpoés2
Edit distance from "transposé"

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 "transposé"?
"transposé" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.po.ze\.
What does "transposé" mean?
As a verb, "transposé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de transposer.
What words are commonly confused with "transposé"?
"transposé" is commonly confused with "transposer", "transposée", "transport". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transposé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transposé" is \tʁɑ̃s.po.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transposé" come from?
"transposé" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tractions#40,538théorèmes#40,532urbaniste#40,549tentèrent#40,530

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

triumvirat15 variantstournantes15 variantssélectifs15 variantsvégétalien15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list