travers

\tʁa.vɛʁ\

/\tʁa.vɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“travers” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #730. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#730
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étendue d’un corps considéré dans sa largeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-travers · travers · French

travers · rank #730 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #730
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH simplement

Nearest frequency peer: simplement (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « travers »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « travers » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

travers vs Travis
57% similar
travers vs traverse
88% similar
travers vs traversa
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for travers
PropertyValue
Headwordtravers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁa.vɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#730
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « travers »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).traversse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « simplement » (#729), « Allemagne » (#731), « putain » (#728). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « travers » est au #730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around travers (IPA \tʁa.vɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #730 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for travers, with forms such as "rtavers", "tarvers", and "traevrs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Travis", "traverse", "traversa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is travers, spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étendue d’un corps considéré dans sa largeur.
  2. 2
    Côté, flanc.
  3. 3
    Allure où le vent apparent est à angle droit du cap
  4. 4
    Bord des dernières côtes.
  5. 5
    Bizarrerie, irrégularité d’esprit et d’humeur, disposition fâcheuse, défaut de caractère.
  6. 6
    Péage sur les routes, les ponts, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how travers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il s’en faut d’un travers de doigt que ces planches ne se joignent.
  2. Il était très difficile d'atteindre sa bouche par en dessous. Son nez trempait dans le vin. Enfin, en passant de biais, je réussis à lui donner la becquée, qu'elle avala coup sur coup, poursuivant la cuiller chaque fois que je la retirais, sans cesser de grogner un ronronnement de colère comme un petit faucon. Elle but ainsi à peu près la valeur de deux t…

This word in other languages

ribs(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtavers
  • tarvers
  • traevrs
  • traverrs
  • traverss
  • travesr
  • travres
  • travvers
  • trravers
  • trvaers
  • ttravers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of travers - 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.

rtavers2tarvers2traevrs2traverrs1traverss1travesr2travres2travvers1
Edit distance from "travers"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "travers"?
"travers" is spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.vɛʁ\.
What does "travers" mean?
As a noun, "travers" means: Étendue d’un corps considéré dans sa largeur.
What words are commonly confused with "travers"?
"travers" is commonly confused with "Travis", "traverse", "traversa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "travers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "travers" is \tʁa.vɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "travers" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "travers", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

annonce#732arrêter#733bientôt#734devenir#720

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Allemagne11 variantsliberté11 variantsposition11 variantsréponse11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list