ratissé
\ʁɑ.ti.se\
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
- raréfie
raréfie
25,679 corpus weight
- ratait
ratait
25,678 corpus weight
- ratissé
ratissé
25,677 corpus weight
- ravitailleur
ravitailleur
25,676 corpus weight
- recrutez
recrutez
25,675 corpus weight
- recréant
recréant
25,674 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ratissé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ratissé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɑ.ti.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,324 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ratissé » en français
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
- 1Qui a subi un ratissage.
- 2Sans argent, ruiné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ratissé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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