résonner

\ʁe.zɔ.ne\

/\ʁe.zɔ.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“résonner” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,732
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Renvoyer le son ; le concentrer par réflexion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-resonner · résonner · French

résonner · rank #28,732 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,732
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rémunérer

Nearest frequency peer: rémunérer (-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 « résonner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « résonner » 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).

résonner vs résorber
75% similar
résonner vs redonné
50% similar
résonner vs remonter
63% similar

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

Key facts for résonner
PropertyValue
Headwordrésonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.zɔ.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,732
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « résonner »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).résonnerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rémunérer » (#28,731), « réveillés » (#28,733), « régénérer » (#28,730). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « résonner » est au #28,732. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around résonner (IPA \ʁe.zɔ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,732 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for résonner, with forms such as "resonner", "rrésonner", and "rséonner". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "résorber", "redonné", "remonter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is résonner, spelled R-É-S-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Renvoyer le son ; le concentrer par réflexion.
  2. 2
    Rendre un grand son, beaucoup de son.
  3. 3
    Qui a résonné dans le passé et dont le souvenir se fait encore ressentir.
  4. 4
    Favoriser une fréquence particulière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette voûte résonne bien. Cette salle ne résonne pas, résonne trop. Faire résonner les échos.
  2. Entends-tu s’agiter en moi et résonner les puissants refrains des temps anciens, les chants de l’amour et de la gloire ?

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • resonner
  • rrésonner
  • rséonner
  • réosnner
  • résnoner
  • résonenr
  • résoner
  • résonnerr
  • résonnre
  • réssonner
  • érsonner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of résonner - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

resonner1rrésonner1rséonner2réosnner2résnoner2résonenr2résoner1résonnerr1
Edit distance from "résonner"

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 "résonner"?
"résonner" is spelled R-É-S-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.zɔ.ne\.
What does "résonner" mean?
As a verb, "résonner" means: Renvoyer le son ; le concentrer par réflexion.
What words are commonly confused with "résonner"?
"résonner" is commonly confused with "résorber", "redonné", "remonter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "résonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "résonner" is \ʁe.zɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "résonner" come from?
"résonner" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list