transverse
\tʁɑ̃s.vɛʁs\
The verdict
“transverse” is uncommon French (frequency #50,552 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,552
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est situé en travers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-transverse · transverse · French
transverse · rank #50,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,552
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH transmit
Nearest frequency peer: transmit (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « transverse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- touffu
touffu
49,453 corpus weight
- transmit
transmit
49,450 corpus weight
- transverse
transverse
49,449 corpus weight
- treasure
treasure
49,448 corpus weight
- trimestriel…
trimestrielles
49,447 corpus weight
- triomphalem…
triomphalement
49,446 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « transverse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transverse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃s.vɛʁs\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « transverse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
transverse is uncommon French at frequency #50,552 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɑ̃s.vɛʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for transverse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 transverse, spelled T-R-A-N-S-V-E-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est situé en travers.
- 2Transversal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how transverse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des plis transverses en rident l'extrémité antérieure.
Les apophyses transverses des vertèbres.
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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