dresser

\dʁe.se\

/\dʁe.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“dresser” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,140
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire tenir droit, verticalement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dresser · dresser · French

dresser · rank #10,140 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,140
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diplomate

Nearest frequency peer: diplomate (-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 « dresser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dresser » 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).

dresser vs dresseur
88% similar
dresser vs dress
71% similar
dresser vs déesse
71% similar

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

Key facts for dresser
PropertyValue
Headworddresser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dʁe.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,140
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dresser »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dresserse 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 « diplomate » (#10,139), « demanda » (#10,138), « décidée » (#10,142). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dresser » est au #10,140. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around dresser (IPA \dʁe.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,140 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dresser, with forms such as "ddresser", "dersser", and "dreser". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "dresseur", "dress", "déesse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dresser, spelled D-R-E-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire tenir droit, verticalement.
  2. 2
    Former un angle très aigu avec la tige.
  3. 3
    Unir, aplanir, rendre droit.
  4. 4
    Préparer, disposer convenablement, arranger.
  5. 5
    Ériger ; élever ; lever.
  6. 6
    Monter ; bâtir ; construire.
  7. 7
    Enlever les traits de scie sur une pierre à graver.
  8. 8
    Limer une aiguille après avoir formé sa pointe.
  9. 9
    Niveler les pointes d’une carde.
  10. 10
    Préparer ; arranger ; mettre en état, par exemple en disposant le contenu d’une assiette de façon soignée.
  11. 11
    Faire, surtout en parlant de choses qui exigent du soin, de l’exactitude.
  12. 12
    Rédiger dans la forme prescrite ou ordinaire.
  13. 13
    Former, façonner de façon à faire contracter l’habitude de certains comportements, habituer.
  14. 14
    Former, façonner de façon à faire contracter l’habitude de certains comportements, habituer.
  15. 15
    Former, façonner de façon à faire contracter l’habitude de certains comportements, habituer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais voilà que, tout d’un coup, je me suis dressé, chancelant, dans un grand battement de mon cœur comme dans un battement d’ailes…
  2. Dans une cour à demi couverte, sur une espèce d’estrade, se dressaient les bois de la guillotine et, devant, les forçats se tenaient à genoux.

This word in other languages

straighten(English)erguir(Español)aufbauen(Deutsch)domar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddresser
  • dersser
  • dreser
  • dresesr
  • dresserr
  • dressre
  • drresser
  • drseser
  • rdesser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dresser - 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.

ddresser1dersser2dreser1dresesr2dresserr1dressre2drresser1drseser2
Edit distance from "dresser"

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 "dresser"?
"dresser" is spelled D-R-E-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁe.se\.
What does "dresser" mean?
As a verb, "dresser" means: Faire tenir droit, verticalement.
What words are commonly confused with "dresser"?
"dresser" is commonly confused with "dresseur", "dress", "déesse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dresser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dresser" is \dʁe.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dresser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

décidée#10,142demanda#10,138définis#10,143courent#10,133

Similar misspelling depth

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

emblée9 variantsconçus9 variantsexclut9 variantscivique9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list