To my understanding, this is supposed to say "transaction".
See the relevant source:
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/
a158b20019b50e3ece6e4743ec4e6ae8d818b690/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c#L1434-L1467
This is a nonstandard convenience method for executing multiple SQL statements
at once. It issues a ``COMMIT`` statement first, then executes the SQL script it
gets as a parameter. This method disregards :attr:`isolation_level`; any
- transation control must be added to *sql_script*.
+ transaction control must be added to *sql_script*.
*sql_script* can be an instance of :class:`str`.