transposer
\tʁɑ̃s.pɔ.ze\
The verdict
“transposer” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,576
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Changer de place, intervertir l’ordre de quelque chose.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transposer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃s.pɔ.ze\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #29,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transposer” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around transposer (IPA \tʁɑ̃s.pɔ.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,576 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for transposer, with forms such as "rtansposer", "tarnsposer", and "trannsposer". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "transposé", "transpirer", "transposée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is transposer, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Changer de place, intervertir l’ordre de quelque chose.
- 2Changer de ton.
- 3Appliquer dans un domaine différent de celui d'origine.
- 4Adapter.
- 5Incorporer une directive européenne dans le droit interne.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtansposer
- tarnsposer
- trannsposer
- tranpsoser
- transopser
- transpoesr
- transposerr
- transposre
- transposser
- transpposer
- transpsoer
- transsposer
- trasnposer
- trnasposer
- trransposer
- ttransposer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transposer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “transposer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-N-S-P-O-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁɑ̃s.pɔ.ze\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “transposé” - see the side-by-side comparison. transposer vs transposé
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.