ressemblance
French, noun/ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃s/
ressemblance is spelled R-E-S-S-E-M-B-L-A-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written French, the 10,846th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ressemblance is a French feminine noun meaning “resemblance (state of resembling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conformité approximative entre des personnes ou entre des choses”.
What does ressemblance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineresemblance (state of resembling)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conformité approximative entre des personnes ou entre des choses. 2. Conformité entre l’imitation de l’objet et l’objet imité.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ressemblance
- ressemblances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ressemblance?
- /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃s/
- \ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ressemblance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ressemblance in French?
ressemblance appears 5.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).