ressasser
\ʁə.sa.se\
The verdict
“ressasser” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,143. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,143
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Repasser au sas, c’est-à-dire au tamis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ressasser · ressasser · French
ressasser · rank #44,143 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,143
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH repliés
Nearest frequency peer: repliés (-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 « ressasser »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- renifler
renifler
55,861 corpus weight
- replacé
replacé
55,860 corpus weight
- repliés
repliés
55,859 corpus weight
- ressasser
ressasser
55,858 corpus weight
- retrouvèrent
retrouvèrent
55,857 corpus weight
- revendiquait
revendiquait
55,856 corpus weight
What this shows « ressasser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ressasser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.sa.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #44,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ressasser »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ressasser (IPA \ʁə.sa.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,143 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ressasser, with forms such as "erssasser", "resasser", and "resassser". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "repasser", "ressaisir", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ressasser, spelled R-E-S-S-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Repasser au sas, c’est-à-dire au tamis.
- 2Revenir constamment en esprit sur le même sujet ou revenir sans cesse sur les mêmes propos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ressasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ressasser de la farine, du plâtre.
Ressasser de mauvais souvenirs.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erssasser
- resasser
- resassser
- ressaser
- ressasesr
- ressasserr
- ressassre
- resssaser
- rressasser
- rsesasser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ressasser - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ressasser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).