Travestie

\travesˈtiː\

/\travesˈtiː\/ noun

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The verdict

“Travestie” is uncommon French (frequency #67,172 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,172
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-travestie · Travestie · French

Travestie · rank #67,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,172
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trappistes

Nearest frequency peer: trappistes (-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 « Travestie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Travestie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Travestie
PropertyValue
HeadwordTravestie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\travesˈtiː\
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,172
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Travestie » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Travestietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « trappistes » (#67,171), « trompées » (#67,173), « tronchet » (#67,174). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Travestie » est au #67,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Travestie is uncommon French at frequency #67,172 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \travesˈtiː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Travesti.".

Travestie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Travestie, spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Travesti.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

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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 "Travestie"?
"Travestie" is spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \travesˈtiː\.
What does "Travestie" mean?
As a noun, "Travestie" means: Travesti.
How do you pronounce "Travestie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Travestie" is \travesˈtiː\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Travestie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tueraient#67,178tiraillée#67,163sécrètent#67,148verdâtres#67,196

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list