Which to use
“transe” and “travée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,841
- “transe” frequency rank
- #39,074
- “travée” frequency rank
- 64915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transe | travée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Frayeur, angoisse très vive, appréhension d’un malheur, d’un accident. | Entre deux poutres, espace rempli par des solives. |
Where the eye mixes transe and travée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. transe (CCVCCV) and travée (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: transe vs travée
A purely visual mix-up. transe (\tʁɑ̃s\) and travée (\tʁa.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transe is recorded at frequency rank #25,841, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s\. travée is at rank #39,074, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.ve\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 64915, this pair ranks #74,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of transe vs travée
Shared letters: aert. Private to "transe": ns. Private to "travée": vé.
"transe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "travée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- transe ← rtanse · tarnse · tranes · trannse · transse · trasne · trnase · trranse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "transe" and "travée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "transe" or "travée"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "transe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transe" and "travée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trance vs travée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #74,734 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.