rebrousser

\ʁə.bʁu.se\

/\ʁə.bʁu.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“rebrousser” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,566
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relever du sens contraire à celui dont ils sont naturellement couchés, en parlant des cheveux et du poil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rebrousser · rebrousser · French

rebrousser · rank #42,566 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #42,566
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH RDI

Nearest frequency peer: RDI (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rebrousser »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rebrousser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rebrousser vs repousser
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rebrousser
PropertyValue
Headwordrebrousser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.bʁu.se\
Letters10
Frequency rank#42,566
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rebrousser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rebrousserse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « RDI » (#42,565), « recoupe » (#42,567), « RCS » (#42,564). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rebrousser » est au #42,566. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around rebrousser (IPA \ʁə.bʁu.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,566 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for rebrousser, with forms such as "erbrousser", "rberousser", and "rebbrousser". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "repousser", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rebrousser, spelled R-E-B-R-O-U-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relever du sens contraire à celui dont ils sont naturellement couchés, en parlant des cheveux et du poil.
  2. 2
    Retourner subitement en arrière.
  3. 3
    Se redresser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rebrousser les cheveux. — Rebrousser le poil d’un chat.
  2. Il se teignait la moustache, qu’il portait toute raide et rebroussée.

This word in other languages

turn up(English)a contrapelo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erbrousser
  • rberousser
  • rebbrousser
  • reborusser
  • rebrosuser
  • rebrouser
  • rebrousesr
  • rebrousserr
  • rebroussre
  • rebrrousser
  • rebruosser
  • rerbousser
  • rrebrousser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rebrousser - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erbrousser2rberousser2rebbrousser1reborusser2rebrosuser2rebrouser1rebrousesr2rebrousserr1
Edit distance from "rebrousser"

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 "rebrousser"?
"rebrousser" is spelled R-E-B-R-O-U-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.bʁu.se\.
What does "rebrousser" mean?
As a verb, "rebrousser" means: Relever du sens contraire à celui dont ils sont naturellement couchés, en parlant des cheveux et du poil.
What words are commonly confused with "rebrousser"?
"rebrousser" is commonly confused with "repousser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rebrousser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rebrousser" is \ʁə.bʁu.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rebrousser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list