transpositeur
\tʁɑ̃s.po.zi.tœʁ\
The verdict
“transpositeur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie un instrument de musique, particulièrement un harmonium, qui transpose mécaniquement d’un ton dans un autre les morceaux qu’on joue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-transpositeur · transpositeur · French
transpositeur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transpositeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃s.po.zi.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transpositeur” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
transpositeur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɑ̃s.po.zi.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie un instrument de musique, particulièrement un harmonium, qui transpose mécaniquement d’un ton dans un autre les morceaux qu’on joue.".
No misspelling variants are generated for transpositeur in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is transpositeur, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-S-I-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un instrument de musique, particulièrement un harmonium, qui transpose mécaniquement d’un ton dans un autre les morceaux qu’on joue.
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