ressembler

\ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\

/\ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\/ verb

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The verdict

“ressembler” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,620. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,620
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir du rapport, de la conformité avec quelqu’un, avec quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ressembler · ressembler · French

ressembler · rank #7,620 · 14 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,620
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH renverser

Nearest frequency peer: renverser (-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 « ressembler »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ressembler » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ressembler vs ressembles
90% similar
ressembler vs ressemblez
90% similar
ressembler vs ressemblera
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ressembler
PropertyValue
Headwordressembler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,620
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ressembler »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ressemblerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « renverser » (#7,619), « revues » (#7,621), « Renaud » (#7,618). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ressembler » est au #7,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around ressembler (IPA \ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,620 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for ressembler, with forms such as "erssembler", "resembler", and "resesmbler". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "ressembles", "ressemblez", "ressemblera", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ressembler, spelled R-E-S-S-E-M-B-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir du rapport, de la conformité avec quelqu’un, avec quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Être conforme au caractère, aux manières de penser, d’agir, à tout ce que l’on connaît d’une personne.
  3. 3
    Avoir un air de famille ou les mêmes inclinations.
  4. 4
    Être commun ou, ironiquement, original.
  5. 5
    Imiter exactement une personne, un objet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chez le vertébré comme chez l’annelé, nous voyons d’ailleurs les fils ressembler au père ou à la mère, aux différences individuelles près.
  2. Dans un monde idéal, la fin de carrière d’Henri Saivet ressemblerait à quoi ?

This word in other languages

resemble(English)parecerse(Español)ähneln(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erssembler
  • resembler
  • resesmbler
  • ressebmler
  • ressembbler
  • ressembelr
  • ressemblerr
  • ressembller
  • ressemblre
  • ressemlber
  • ressemmbler
  • ressmebler
  • rressembler
  • rsesembler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ressembler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erssembler2resembler1resesmbler2ressebmler2ressembbler1ressembelr2ressemblerr1ressembller1
Edit distance from "ressembler"

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 "ressembler"?
"ressembler" is spelled R-E-S-S-E-M-B-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\.
What does "ressembler" mean?
As a verb, "ressembler" means: Avoir du rapport, de la conformité avec quelqu’un, avec quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "ressembler"?
"ressembler" is commonly confused with "ressembles", "ressemblez", "ressemblera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ressembler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ressembler" is \ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ressembler" come from?
"ressembler" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

résidences#7,625sauvegarde#7,626préférable#7,613silencieux#7,627

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

renverser14 variantsproposées14 variantsmortalité14 variantsémergence14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list