ressemblait
\ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ\
The verdict
“ressemblait” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,062. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,062
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ressembler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ressemblait · ressemblait · French
ressemblait · rank #10,062 · 15 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,062
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH repasser
Nearest frequency peer: repasser (-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 « ressemblait »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- reins
reins
89,942 corpus weight
- renforts
renforts
89,941 corpus weight
- repasser
repasser
89,940 corpus weight
- ressemblait
ressemblait
89,939 corpus weight
- resta
resta
89,938 corpus weight
- rochers
rochers
89,937 corpus weight
What this shows « ressemblait » 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 | ressemblait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ressemblait »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around ressemblait (IPA \ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,062 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ressembler.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for ressemblait, with forms such as "erssemblait", "resemblait", and "resesmblait". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ressemblent", "ressemblant", "ressemblerait", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ressemblait, spelled R-E-S-S-E-M-B-L-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ressembler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ressemblait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour Wilfrid, une heure passée près de Séraphîta ressemblait souvent au songe qu’affectionnent les thériakis, et où chaque papille nerveuse devient le centre d'une jouissance rayonnante.
Ce que l’on mangeait dans les drugstores, plus ou moins élégants, se ressemblait, tout comme le milk-of-magnesia ou l’aspirine, vendus par le pharmacien de l’autre comptoir, sont les mêmes dans toutes les pharmacies.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erssemblait
- resemblait
- resesmblait
- ressebmlait
- ressembalit
- ressembblait
- ressemblaitt
- ressemblati
- ressembliat
- ressembllait
- ressemlbait
- ressemmblait
- ressmeblait
- rressemblait
- rsesemblait
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ressemblait - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "ressemblait", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).