rehausser

\ʁə.o.se\

/\ʁə.o.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“rehausser” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,155
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hausser davantage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rehausser · rehausser · French

rehausser · rank #32,155 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,155
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reprochant

Nearest frequency peer: reprochant (+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 « rehausser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rehausser » 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).

rehausser vs repasser
78% similar
rehausser vs repousser
78% similar
rehausser vs rehaussé
78% similar

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

Key facts for rehausser
PropertyValue
Headwordrehausser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.o.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,155
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rehausser »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rehausserse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reprochant » (#32,156), « refusons » (#32,153), « reprochés » (#32,157). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rehausser » est au #32,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around rehausser (IPA \ʁə.o.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,155 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rehausser, with forms such as "erhausser", "reahusser", and "rehasuser". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "repasser", "repousser", "rehaussé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rehausser, spelled R-E-H-A-U-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hausser davantage.
  2. 2
    Relever, en parlant de vertus humaines comme le courage, la ténacité, etc.
  3. 3
    Élever, augmenter.
  4. 4
    Augmenter la valeur numéraire ou nominale, en parlant de monnaie.
  5. 5
    Faire paraître davantage.
  6. 6
    Faire valoir, relever le mérite, en parlant d’une action ; lui donner un nouvel éclat.
  7. 7
    Retoucher ; ajouter de l’éclat à la peinture d’un bâtiment, à un dessin, à un ornement, etc.
  8. 8
    Vanter avec excès, faire beaucoup valoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce plancher s’est affaissé, il faut le rehausser.
  2. Les planchers de cette maison sont trop bas, ils ont besoin d’être rehaussés.

This word in other languages

raise(English)realzar(Español)anheben(Deutsch)realçar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erhausser
  • reahusser
  • rehasuser
  • rehauser
  • rehausesr
  • rehausserr
  • rehaussre
  • rehhausser
  • rehuasser
  • rheausser
  • rrehausser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rehausser - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erhausser2reahusser2rehasuser2rehauser1rehausesr2rehausserr1rehaussre2rehhausser1
Edit distance from "rehausser"

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 "rehausser"?
"rehausser" is spelled R-E-H-A-U-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.o.se\.
What does "rehausser" mean?
As a verb, "rehausser" means: Hausser davantage.
What words are commonly confused with "rehausser"?
"rehausser" is commonly confused with "repasser", "repousser", "rehaussé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rehausser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rehausser" is \ʁə.o.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rehausser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

reprochés#32,157redoutent#32,149rarissime#32,145résonnent#32,171

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

refouler11 variantsrefermé11 variantsralentie11 variantsréglera11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list