resemble
\ɹɪ.ˈzɛm.bəl\
The verdict
“resemble” is uncommon French (frequency #93,170 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,170
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ressembler, rejoindre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-resemble · resemble · French
resemble · rank #93,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,170
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH reproductrice
Nearest frequency peer: reproductrice (-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 « resemble »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- repiquage
repiquage
6,833 corpus weight
- reproductri…
reproductrice
6,832 corpus weight
- resemble
resemble
6,831 corpus weight
- respirais
respirais
6,830 corpus weight
- ressers
ressers
6,829 corpus weight
- ressortiront
ressortiront
6,828 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « resemble » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | resemble |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɹɪ.ˈzɛm.bəl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « resemble » en français
Rare enough to double-check
resemble is uncommon French at frequency #93,170 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɹɪ.ˈzɛm.bəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ressembler, rejoindre.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for resemble, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 resemble, spelled R-E-S-E-M-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Ressembler, rejoindre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how resemble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This creole resembles Manado Malay, but with different accents and vocabulary.
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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