ressemblante

\ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃t\

/\ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“ressemblante” is uncommon French (frequency #83,329 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,329
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de ressemblant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ressemblante · ressemblante · French

ressemblante · rank #83,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,329
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH requinquer

Nearest frequency peer: requinquer (-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 « ressemblante »

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 « ressemblante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ressemblante
PropertyValue
Headwordressemblante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃t\
Letters12
Frequency rank#83,329
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ressemblante » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ressemblantetombe 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: « requinquer » (#83,328), « ressouder » (#83,330), « repus » (#83,327). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ressemblante » est au #83,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ressemblante is uncommon French at frequency #83,329 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de ressemblant.".

No misspelling variants are generated for ressemblante in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ressemblante, spelled R-E-S-S-E-M-B-L-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de ressemblant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il eut tort de citer le mot de Voltaire, qui est beaucoup trop décisif et immodéré : « L’écriture est la peinture de la voix ; plus elle est ressemblante, meilleure elle est », et qui conduirait à l’orthographe individuelle, c’est-à-dire à une confusion telle qu’on ne se comprendrait jamais quand on s’écrirait les uns aux autres.

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 "ressemblante"?
"ressemblante" is spelled R-E-S-S-E-M-B-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃t\.
What does "ressemblante" mean?
As an adjective, "ressemblante" means: Féminin singulier de ressemblant.
How do you pronounce "ressemblante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ressemblante" is \ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list