ramasser

/\ʁa.ma.se\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,064

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

ramasser is aFrenchverb. It means: Faire un amas, un assemblage, une collection de choses. Pronounced \ʁa.ma.se\. It ranks #9,064 in French word frequency. Often confused with repasser and ramassis.

Key facts for ramasser
PropertyValue
Headwordramasser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.ma.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,064
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ramasser is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁa.ma.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,064 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for ramasser, with forms such as "armasser", "raamsser", and "ramaser". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "repasser", "ramassis", "ratisser", 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 ramasser, spelled R-A-M-A-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
    Faire un amas, un assemblage, une collection de choses.
  2. 2
    Ramener en un endroit ou vers soi.
  3. 3
    Réunir ou rassembler ce qui est épars.
  4. 4
    Collecter.
  5. 5
    Prendre, relever ce qui est à terre.
  6. 6
    Emmener avec soi une personne, se charger d’une personne qu’on a trouvée dans l’embarras, dans la misère.
  7. 7
    Régler son compte à quelqu’un, lui dire son fait sans douceur.
  8. 8
    Rafler, emporter la mise.
  9. 9
    Guider ou porter sur une chaise, dans la montagne → voir marron et ramasse.
  10. 10
    Se replier sur soi-même, se pelotonner.
  11. 11
    Se retrouver, être rendu à cet endroit.
  12. 12
    Tomber.
  13. 13
    Faillir, échouer.
  14. 14
    Se relever après une chute.
  15. 15
    Fouetter, corriger avec une ramasse.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: armasser,raamsser,ramaser,ramasesr,ramasserr,ramassre,rammasser,ramsaser,rmaasser,rramasser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ramasser

Misspelling Variants of "ramasser"

armasser8raamsser8ramaser7ramasesr8ramasserr9ramassre8rammasser9ramsaser8
Misspelling Variants of "ramasser"

Frequency rank: #9,064 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ramasser"?
"ramasser" is spelled R-A-M-A-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.ma.se\.
What does "ramasser" mean?
As a verb, "ramasser" means: Faire un amas, un assemblage, une collection de choses.
What words are commonly confused with "ramasser"?
"ramasser" is commonly confused with "repasser", "ramassis", "ratisser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ramasser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ramasser" is \ʁa.ma.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ramasser" come from?
"ramasser" 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.