ressaut

\ʁə.so\

/\ʁə.so\/ noun

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The verdict

“ressaut” is uncommon French (frequency #71,874 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,874
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ressaut · ressaut · French

ressaut · rank #71,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,874
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH restructuré

Nearest frequency peer: restructuré (+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 « ressaut »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ressaut » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ressaut
PropertyValue
Headwordressaut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.so\
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ressaut » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ressauttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « restructuré » (#71,875), « retentissants » (#71,876), « renversante » (#71,871). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ressaut » est au #71,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ressaut is uncommon French at frequency #71,874 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for ressaut in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ressaut, spelled R-E-S-S-A-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Saillie, encorbellement.
  2. 2
    Saillie.
  3. 3
    Saillie.
  4. 4
    Cahot, soubresaut.
  5. 5
    Colère.
  6. 6
    Cahier, paquet de pages, qui dans un livre s'est décousu ou décollé et qui dépasse d'une des tranches d'un livre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’entablement de cet édifice a des ressauts au-dessus de chaque colonne.
  2. Entablement à ressauts.

This word in other languages

projection(English)resalte(Español)Risalit(Deutsch)

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 "ressaut"?
"ressaut" is spelled R-E-S-S-A-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.so\.
What does "ressaut" mean?
As a noun, "ressaut" means: Saillie, encorbellement.
How do you pronounce "ressaut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ressaut" is \ʁə.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ressaut" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list