dresseuse

\dʁɛ.søz\

/\dʁɛ.søz\/ noun

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The verdict

“dresseuse” is uncommon French (frequency #82,873 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,873
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui dresse des animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dresseuse · dresseuse · French

dresseuse · rank #82,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,873
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH draconienne

Nearest frequency peer: draconienne (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « dresseuse »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dresseuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dresseuse
PropertyValue
Headworddresseuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁɛ.søz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,873
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dresseuse » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dresseusetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « draconienne » (#82,872), « drogon » (#82,874), « DPD » (#82,871). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dresseuse » est au #82,873. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dresseuse is uncommon French at frequency #82,873 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁɛ.søz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dresseuse, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dresseuse, spelled D-R-E-S-S-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui dresse des animaux.
  2. 2
    Celle qui dresse des humains.
  3. 3
    Ouvrière qui dresse les peaux en vue d’en faire des gants.
  4. 4
    dresseuse de linge : Repasseuse.

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 "dresseuse"?
"dresseuse" is spelled D-R-E-S-S-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁɛ.søz\.
What does "dresseuse" mean?
As a noun, "dresseuse" means: Celle qui dresse des animaux.
How do you pronounce "dresseuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dresseuse" is \dʁɛ.søz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déménagée#82,888dépensera#82,890détresses#82,896derviches#82,849

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list