ratisser

/\ʁa.ti.se\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,563

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

ratisser is aFrenchverb. It means: Nettoyer à l’aide du râteau. Pronounced \ʁa.ti.se\. Often confused with ravisseur and ramasser.

Key facts for ratisser
PropertyValue
Headwordratisser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.ti.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,563
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ratisser is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁa.ti.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,563 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 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 ratisser, with forms such as "artisser", "raitsser", and "ratiser". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "ravisseur", "ramasser", "ratifier", 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 ratisser, spelled R-A-T-I-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
    Nettoyer à l’aide du râteau.
  2. 2
    Ôter, emporter, en raclant, la surface de quelque chose ou ce qui s’y est attaché.
  3. 3
    Pénétrer comme les dents d’un râteau.
  4. 4
    Quadriller une zone à la recherche de quelque chose.
  5. 5
    Ramasser, voire voler, ce qui est disponible de manière brutale.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: artisser,raitsser,ratiser,ratisesr,ratisserr,ratissre,ratsiser,rattisser,rratisser,rtaisser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ratisser

Misspelling Variants of "ratisser"

artisser8raitsser8ratiser7ratisesr8ratisserr9ratissre8ratsiser8rattisser9
Misspelling Variants of "ratisser"

Frequency rank: #42,563 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ratisser"?
"ratisser" is spelled R-A-T-I-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.ti.se\.
What does "ratisser" mean?
As a verb, "ratisser" means: Nettoyer à l’aide du râteau.
What words are commonly confused with "ratisser"?
"ratisser" is commonly confused with "ravisseur", "ramasser", "ratifier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ratisser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ratisser" is \ʁa.ti.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ratisser" come from?
"ratisser" 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.