ratissage

\ʁɑ.ti.saʒ\

/\ʁɑ.ti.saʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ratissage” is uncommon French (frequency #72,667 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,667
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de ratisser : utilisation d'un râteau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ratissage · ratissage · French

ratissage · rank #72,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,667
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rara

Nearest frequency peer: rara (-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 « ratissage »

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 « ratissage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ratissage
PropertyValue
Headwordratissage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɑ.ti.saʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,667
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ratissage » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « rara » (#72,666), « rapatriée » (#72,665), « rangeait » (#72,664). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ratissage » est au #72,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ratissage is uncommon French at frequency #72,667 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɑ.ti.saʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ratissage, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ratissage, spelled R-A-T-I-S-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de ratisser : utilisation d'un râteau.
  2. 2
    Quadrillage d'une zone à la recherche de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Visite détaillée.
  4. 4
    Action consistant, lors d’une mêlée ouverte, à se disputer le ballon avec les pieds.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le ratissage d’une allée.
  2. Fille et femme protestèrent de leur innocence. Gwen proposa une opération ratissage dans le bureau, sachant combien son père avait la main égareuse ces temps derniers.

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 "ratissage"?
"ratissage" is spelled R-A-T-I-S-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ.ti.saʒ\.
What does "ratissage" mean?
As a noun, "ratissage" means: Action de ratisser : utilisation d'un râteau.
How do you pronounce "ratissage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ratissage" is \ʁɑ.ti.saʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ratissage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

rapatriée#72,665recevions#72,670ramènerai#72,663rejettera#72,675

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list