transversalement
\tʁɑ̃s.vɛʁ.sal.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“transversalement” is an uncommon French word, ranked #78,928 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #78,928
- frequency rank, French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière transversale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transversalement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃s.vɛʁ.sal.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #78,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transversalement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for transversalement is 16 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃s.vɛʁ.sal.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #78,928 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "D’une manière transversale.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for transversalement in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is transversalement, spelled T-R-A-N-S-V-E-R-S-A-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière transversale.
This word in other languages
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-N-S-V-E-R-S-A-L-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁɑ̃s.vɛʁ.sal.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.