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“transfert” and “transferts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,649
“transfert” frequency rank
#7,506
“transferts” frequency rank
10155
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transfert transferts
Definition Action de transférer ; passage de quelque chose d’un lieu à un autre. Pluriel de transfert.

Same sound, different letters: transfert vs transferts

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. transfert runs 9 letters (CCVCCCVCC) against transferts's 10 (CCVCCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
transfert
10 ch
transferts

Ear matches; page differs - transfert and transferts

This is the hard kind. transfert and transferts are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃s.fɛʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “transfert” sits inside “transferts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transfert is recorded at frequency rank #2,649, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.fɛʁ\. transferts is at rank #7,506, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.fɛʁ\.

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 10155, this pair ranks #414,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of transfert vs transferts

Shared letters: aefnrst. Private to "transfert": -. Private to "transferts": -.

"transfert" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCC  ·  "transferts" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transfert ← rtansfert · tarnsfert · tranfsert · trannsfert · transefrt · transferrt · transfertt · transfetr
  • transferts ← rtansferts · tarnsferts · tranfserts · trannsferts · transefrts · transferrts · transferst · transfertss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "transfert" and "transferts" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\tʁɑ̃s.fɛʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "transfert" vs "transferts" - which ranks higher?
"transfert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,649 in our French list, against #7,506 for "transferts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "transfert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "transferts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #414,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transfert" and "transferts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transfer vs transferts". 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 #414,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list