blesser

\blɛ.se\

/\blɛ.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“blesser” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,664
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper d’un coup qui fait une contusion, une plaie, une fracture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blesser · blesser · French

blesser · rank #7,664 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,664
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Batman

Nearest frequency peer: Batman (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « blesser »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « blesser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

blesser vs bosser
71% similar
blesser vs Bresse
57% similar
blesser vs brosser
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for blesser
PropertyValue
Headwordblesser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\blɛ.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,664
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blesser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.blesserse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Batman » (#7,663), « cadavre » (#7,665), « barbara » (#7,662). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blesser » est au #7,664. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around blesser (IPA \blɛ.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,664 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for blesser, with forms such as "bblesser", "belsser", and "bleser". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "bosser", "Bresse", "brosser", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is blesser, spelled B-L-E-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frapper d’un coup qui fait une contusion, une plaie, une fracture.
  2. 2
    Occasionner, par choc, pression ou frottement, quelque plaie ou contusion.
  3. 3
    Causer seulement quelque gêne, quelque douleur.
  4. 4
    Causer une impression désagréable à la vue, à l’ouïe.
  5. 5
    Au sens moral, Offenser, choquer, déplaire, navrer.
  6. 6
    …
  7. 7
    Faire tort, faire préjudice, porter dommage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Trois hommes tombèrent. Un avait été tué raide d'une balle dans la tête. Les deux autres n’étaient que blessés.
  2. Il a été blessé d’un coup d’épée, d’un coup de bâton, d’un coup de pierre. Quand il est question de la Guerre, il ne se dit que de Coups qui font une plaie ou une fracture.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblesser
  • belsser
  • bleser
  • blesesr
  • blesserr
  • blessre
  • bllesser
  • blseser
  • lbesser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blesser - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bblesser1belsser2bleser1blesesr2blesserr1blessre2bllesser1blseser2
Edit distance from "blesser"

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 "blesser"?
"blesser" is spelled B-L-E-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \blɛ.se\.
What does "blesser" mean?
As a verb, "blesser" means: Frapper d’un coup qui fait une contusion, une plaie, une fracture.
What words are commonly confused with "blesser"?
"blesser" is commonly confused with "bosser", "Bresse", "brosser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blesser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blesser" is \blɛ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blesser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cadavre#7,665barbara#7,662aurions#7,656appelez#7,652

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Batman9 variantscoiffure9 variantscolloque9 variantsenterré9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list