traversée
\tʁa.vɛʁ.se\
The verdict
“traversée” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,904. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,904
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de traverser.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | traversée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁa.vɛʁ.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “traversée” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around traversée (IPA \tʁa.vɛʁ.se\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,904 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for traversée, with forms such as "rtaversée", "tarversée", and "traevrsée". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "traverser", "traversés", "traversez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is traversée, spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-S-É-E.
Definition
- 1Action de traverser.
- 2Action de traverser la mer ; trajet qui se fait par mer, d’une terre à une autre.
- 3La vie, considérée comme un passage.
- 4Dispositif permettant à deux voies de se croiser à niveau, avec ou sans possibilité de changement de voie.
- 5Passage : composant, élément permettant à l’électricité, à un fluide, à la lumière voire à une action mécanique de passer à travers une paroi.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtaversée,tarversée,traevrsée,traverrsée,traversee,traverseé,traverssée,traverése,travesrée,travresée,travversée,trraversée,trvaersée,ttraversée
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of traversée - 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.
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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Using “traversée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-V-E-R-S-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁa.vɛʁ.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “traverser” - see the side-by-side comparison. traversée vs traverser
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.