blesser

/\blɛ.se\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,664

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

blesser is aFrenchverb. It means: Frapper d’un coup qui fait une contusion, une plaie, une fracture. Pronounced \blɛ.se\. It ranks #7,664 in French word frequency. Often confused with bosser and Bresse.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of blesser in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for blesser is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \blɛ.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,664 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for blesser, with forms such as "bblesser", "belsser", and "bleser". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "bosser", "Bresse", "brosser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is blesser, spelled B-L-E-S-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bblesser,belsser,bleser,blesesr,blesserr,blessre,bllesser,blseser,lbesser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for blesser

Misspelling Variants of "blesser"

bblesser8belsser7bleser6blesesr7blesserr8blessre7bllesser8blseser7
Misspelling Variants of "blesser"

Frequency rank: #7,664 in French

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?
"blesser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.