transposition

/\tʁɑ̃.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,053

in French word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

transposition is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de transposer ou résultat de cette action. Pronounced \tʁɑ̃.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\.

Key facts for transposition
PropertyValue
Headwordtransposition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#23,053
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of transposition in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for transposition is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,053 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 20 documented wrong-spelling variants for transposition, with forms such as "rtansposition", "tarnsposition", and "trannsposition". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is transposition, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de transposer ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action d’intervertir l’ordre dans lequel les mots sont habituellement rangés.
  3. 3
    Interversion de feuilles d’impression, de cahiers d’écriture.
  4. 4
    Action de faire passer d’un ton dans un autre ; résultat de cette action.
  5. 5
    Changement de la localisation d’un fragment d’ADN sur le génome.
  6. 6
    Permutation échangeant exactement deux éléments.
  7. 7
    Pour une matrice, permutation échangeant chaque ligne en une colonne et vice versa, donnant la matrice transposée.
  8. 8
    Action de transposer une directive, une décision de l’Union européenne en droit interne.
  9. 9
    Technique de restauration où l’on enlève le support original d’une peinture (toile ou panneau) pour en mettre un nouveau.
  10. 10
    Dérivation impropre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtansposition,tarnsposition,trannsposition,tranpsosition,transopsition,transpoistion,transposiiton,transpositino,transpositionn,transpositoin,transposittion,transpossition,transpostiion,transpposition,transpsoition,transsposition,trasnposition,trnasposition,trransposition,ttransposition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for transposition

Misspelling Variants of "transposition"

rtansposition13tarnsposition13trannsposition14tranpsosition13transopsition13transpoistion13transposiiton13transpositino13
Misspelling Variants of "transposition"

Frequency rank: #23,053 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transposition"?
"transposition" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "transposition" mean?
As a noun, "transposition" means: Action de transposer ou résultat de cette action.
What are common misspellings of "transposition"?
Common misspellings include "rtansposition", "tarnsposition", "trannsposition", "tranpsosition", "transopsition". The correct spelling is "transposition".
How do you pronounce "transposition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transposition" is \tʁɑ̃.spo.zi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transposition" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.