traverser

\tʁa.vɛʁ.se\

/\tʁa.vɛʁ.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“traverser” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,294
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passer à travers, d’un côté à l’autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-traverser · traverser · French

traverser · rank #4,294 · 14 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,294
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH touristes

Nearest frequency peer: touristes (-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 « traverser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « traverser » 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).

traverser vs traversés
78% similar
traverser vs traversez
89% similar
traverser vs traversera
90% similar

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

Key facts for traverser
PropertyValue
Headwordtraverser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁa.vɛʁ.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,294
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « traverser »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).traverserse 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 « touristes » (#4,293), « tromper » (#4,295), « tombée » (#4,292). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « traverser » est au #4,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around traverser (IPA \tʁa.vɛʁ.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,294 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for traverser, with forms such as "rtaverser", "tarverser", and "traevrser". 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, "traversés", "traversez", "traversera", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is traverser, spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Passer à travers, d’un côté à l’autre.
  2. 2
    Changer de côté dans une rue, sur une route.
  3. 3
    Percer de part en part.
  4. 4
    Être au travers de quelque chose.
  5. 5
    Passer à travers, passer par.
  6. 6
    Susciter des obstacles pour empêcher le succès de quelque entreprise.
  7. 7
    Présenter le travers.
  8. 8
    Se mettre de travers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des trois bandes ou régions qui divisaient devant nous la plaine d’Athènes, nous traversâmes les deux premières, la région inculte et la région cultivée.
  2. Nous traversâmes un large guéret dont les mottes crevaient sous nos pas en poussière rouge ; […].

This word in other languages

cross(English)atravesar(Español)durchqueren(Deutsch)atravessar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtaverser
  • tarverser
  • traevrser
  • traveresr
  • traverrser
  • traverserr
  • traversre
  • traversser
  • travesrer
  • travreser
  • travverser
  • trraverser
  • trvaerser
  • ttraverser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of traverser - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtaverser2tarverser2traevrser2traveresr2traverrser1traverserr1traversre2traversser1
Edit distance from "traverser"

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 "traverser"?
"traverser" is spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.vɛʁ.se\.
What does "traverser" mean?
As a verb, "traverser" means: Passer à travers, d’un côté à l’autre.
What words are commonly confused with "traverser"?
"traverser" is commonly confused with "traversés", "traversez", "traversera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "traverser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "traverser" 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 "traverser" come from?
"traverser" 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 "traverser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

touristes#4,293utilisées#4,298symptômes#4,289agression#4,304

Similar misspelling depth

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

raisonnable14 variantschrétienne14 variantsdéfenseur14 variantsnavigation14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list