rabaisser

\ʁa.be.se\

/\ʁa.be.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“rabaisser” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,744
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre plus bas, redescendre une chose au-dessous du lieu où elle était.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rabaisser · rabaisser · French

rabaisser · rank #21,744 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,744
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH quittez

Nearest frequency peer: quittez (-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 « rabaisser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rabaisser » 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).

rabaisser vs ramasser
78% similar
rabaisser vs ratisser
78% similar

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

Key facts for rabaisser
PropertyValue
Headwordrabaisser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.be.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,744
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rabaisser »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rabaisserse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « quittez » (#21,743), « raccordement » (#21,745), « radioactifs » (#21,746). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rabaisser » est au #21,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around rabaisser (IPA \ʁa.be.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,744 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rabaisser, with forms such as "arbaisser", "raabisser", and "rabaiser". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ramasser", "ratisser", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rabaisser, spelled R-A-B-A-I-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre plus bas, redescendre une chose au-dessous du lieu où elle était.
  2. 2
    Amoindrir, rabattre.
  3. 3
    Rabaisser le caquet à quelqu’un, confondre quelqu’un, le faire taire par autorité ou par raison.
  4. 4
    Déprécier, estimer au-dessous de la valeur.
  5. 5
    Se donner une valeur moindre que notre valeur véritable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce tableau est trop haut, il faut un peu le rabaisser.
  2. Il faudrait rabaisser cette corniche.

Synonyms

abaisser

This word in other languages

lower(English)rebajar(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arbaisser
  • raabisser
  • rabaiser
  • rabaisesr
  • rabaisserr
  • rabaissre
  • rabasiser
  • rabbaisser
  • rabiasser
  • rbaaisser
  • rrabaisser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arbaisser2raabisser2rabaiser1rabaisesr2rabaisserr1rabaissre2rabasiser2rabbaisser1
Edit distance from "rabaisser"

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 "rabaisser"?
"rabaisser" is spelled R-A-B-A-I-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.be.se\.
What does "rabaisser" mean?
As a verb, "rabaisser" means: Mettre plus bas, redescendre une chose au-dessous du lieu où elle était.
What words are commonly confused with "rabaisser"?
"rabaisser" is commonly confused with "ramasser", "ratisser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rabaisser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rabaisser" is \ʁa.be.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rabaisser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list