rassis
\ʁa.si\
The verdict
“rassis” is uncommon French (frequency #58,200 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,200
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a perdu sa fraicheur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rassis · rassis · French
rassis · rank #58,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,200
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH razer
Nearest frequency peer: razer (+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 « rassis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- raccordemen…
raccordements
41,804 corpus weight
- raillé
raillé
41,803 corpus weight
- rassis
rassis
41,801 corpus weight
- razer
razer
41,800 corpus weight
- recall
recall
41,799 corpus weight
- recommandez
recommandez
41,798 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rassis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rassis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁa.si\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rassis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rassis is uncommon French at frequency #58,200 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁa.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
rassis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rassis, spelled R-A-S-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Qui a perdu sa fraicheur.
- 2Sans être ému, sans être troublé.
- 3Calme, mûri par la réflexion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rassis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le pain rassis et le pain frais ont à peu près la même composition. En cinq jours, le pain frais a perdu de 1 à 5 centièmes de son eau, mais il devient rassis même dans une atmosphère saturée d'humidité : on ne sait pas encore la cause de cette transformation singulière. Le pain rassis et bien cuit est celui qui nourrit et se digère le mieux.
Bonnet avait aussi sur le pain des idées particulières. Il vaut mieux que le pain soit rassis, car, avec le pain frais, on s’abandonne à un sentiment de plaisir et l’on est tout surpris à la fin du repas de s’apercevoir que l’on vient d’en manger une bonne livre.
This word in other languages
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.
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