traversée

\tʁa.vɛʁ.se\

/\tʁa.vɛʁ.se\/ noun

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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
3,703
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de traverser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-traversee · traversée · French

traversée · rank #6,904 · 14 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,904
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH traditionnell…

Nearest frequency peer: traditionnelles (-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 « traversée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « traversée » 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).

traversée vs traverser
78% similar
traversée vs traversés
89% similar
traversée vs traversez
78% similar

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

Key facts for traversée
PropertyValue
Headwordtraversée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁa.vɛʁ.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,904
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « traversée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.traverséese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « traditionnelles » (#6,903), « turcs » (#6,905), « tablette » (#6,902). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « traversée » est au #6,904. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around traversée (IPA \tʁa.vɛʁ.se\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,904 among 3,703 “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

  1. 1
    Action de traverser.
  2. 2
    Action de traverser la mer ; trajet qui se fait par mer, d’une terre à une autre.
  3. 3
    La vie, considérée comme un passage.
  4. 4
    Dispositif permettant à deux voies de se croiser à niveau, avec ou sans possibilité de changement de voie.
  5. 5
    Passage : composant, élément permettant à l’électricité, à un fluide, à la lumière voire à une action mécanique de passer à travers une paroi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lors de la traversée par les cellules épithéliales ou par les cellules transporteuses d’antigène, la dissémination virale est probablement plus lente […]
  2. Ceux qui ont fini travaillent au brouillon sur leur devoir du soir : la description par un témoin oculaire de la traversée des Alpes d’Hannibal. La consigne indique : « Tu dois montrer à quel point c’était une aventure complètement folle. »

Synonyms

passage

This word in other languages

traversal(English)Kreuzung(Deutsch)

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.

rtaversée2tarversée2traevrsée2traverrsée1traversee1traverseé2traverssée1traverése2
Edit distance from "traversée"

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 "traversée"?
"traversée" is spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.vɛʁ.se\.
What does "traversée" mean?
As a noun, "traversée" means: Action de traverser.
What words are commonly confused with "traversée"?
"traversée" is commonly confused with "traverser", "traversés", "traversez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "traversée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "traversée" is \tʁa.vɛʁ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "traversée" come from?
"traversée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ascenseur#6,925regretter#6,881recherché#6,879priorités#6,871

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

disposent14 variantsdéception14 variantsméchants14 variantsfamiliales14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list