ratissé

\ʁɑ.ti.se\

/\ʁɑ.ti.se\/ adj

The verdict

“ratissé” is uncommon French (frequency #74,324 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,324
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a subi un ratissage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ratisse · ratissé · French

ratissé · rank #74,324 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,324
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ratait

Nearest frequency peer: ratait (-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 « ratissé »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ratissé
PropertyValue
Headwordratissé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɑ.ti.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,324
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ratissé » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ratissétombe 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: « ratait » (#74,323), « ravitailleur » (#74,325), « raréfie » (#74,322). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ratissé » est au #74,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ratissé is uncommon French at frequency #74,324 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɑ.ti.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ratissé, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ratissé, spelled R-A-T-I-S-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a subi un ratissage.
  2. 2
    Sans argent, ruiné.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Par un beau jour d’octobre, Michel confie à son ami qu’il est pour un trimestre littéralement ratissé, et encore doit-il aux usuriers le montant du trimestre à venir.

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 "ratissé"?
"ratissé" is spelled R-A-T-I-S-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ.ti.se\.
What does "ratissé" mean?
As an adjective, "ratissé" means: Qui a subi un ratissage.
How do you pronounce "ratissé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ratissé" is \ʁɑ.ti.se\. 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 "ratissé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list