résorption
\ʁe.zɔʁ.psjɔ̃\
The verdict
“résorption” is uncommon French (frequency #52,329 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,329
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’absorber de nouveau ; résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-resorption · résorption · French
résorption · rank #52,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,329
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH résille
Nearest frequency peer: résille (-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 « résorption »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- réflecteurs
réflecteurs
47,675 corpus weight
- rémunérateur
rémunérateur
47,674 corpus weight
- résille
résille
47,673 corpus weight
- résorption
résorption
47,672 corpus weight
- rôdeurs
rôdeurs
47,671 corpus weight
- Salerne
Salerne
47,669 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « résorption » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | résorption |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.zɔʁ.psjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « résorption » en français
Rare enough to double-check
résorption is uncommon French at frequency #52,329 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.zɔʁ.psjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for résorption, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 résorption, spelled R-É-S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’absorber de nouveau ; résultat de cette action.
- 2Retour dans la circulation d’un liquide extravasé.
- 3Disparition plus ou moins complète par absorption progressive, d'un tissu, d'un organe dégénéré, ou d'un corps étranger (liquide, solide ou gazeux).
- 4Atrophie, jusqu’à disparition complète, d’un élément ou d’un organe.
- 5Passage du médicament de son site d'administration vers la circulation sanguine générale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how résorption appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La résorption du pus, du sang, de la sérosité.
On note des résorptions de tumeurs malignes.
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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