transparaît vs transparaître, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#42,094
“transparaît” frequency rank: #43,192
“transparaître” frequency rank: 85286
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	transparaît	transparaître
Definition	Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de transparaître.	Paraître comme à travers un voile.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set transparaît and transparaître apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

11 ch

transparaît

13 ch

transparaître

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. transparaît (\tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ\) and transparaître (\tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛtʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “transparaît” sits inside “transparaître”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transparaît is recorded at frequency rank #42,094, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ\. transparaître is at rank #43,192, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛtʁ\.

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 85286, this pair ranks #11,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of transparaît vs transparaître

Shared letters: anprstî. Private to "transparaît": -. Private to "transparaître": e.

"transparaît" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVVC · "transparaître" · 13 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVVCCV

Frequency comparison

transparaît#42,094

transparaître#43,192

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "transparaît" and "transparaître" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (\tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ\ versus \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛtʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "transparaît" or "transparaître"?

"transparaît" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,094 in our French list, against #43,192 for "transparaître". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering transparaît vs transparaître

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