ressembles

/\ʁə.sɑ̃bl\/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,347

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

ressembles is aFrenchverb. It means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ressembler. Pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃bl\. Often confused with ressemblez and rassemblé.

Key facts for ressembles
PropertyValue
Headwordressembles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.sɑ̃bl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,347
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ressembles in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ressembles is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.sɑ̃bl\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,347 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for ressembles, with forms such as "erssembles", "resembles", and "resesmbles". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ressemblez", "rassemblé", "rassembler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ressembles, spelled R-E-S-S-E-M-B-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ressembler.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ressembler.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erssembles,resembles,resesmbles,ressebmles,ressembbles,ressembels,ressembless,ressemblles,ressemblse,ressemlbes,ressemmbles,ressmebles,rressembles,rsesembles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ressembles

Misspelling Variants of "ressembles"

erssembles10resembles9resesmbles10ressebmles10ressembbles11ressembels10ressembless11ressemblles11
Misspelling Variants of "ressembles"

Frequency rank: #23,347 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ressembles"?
"ressembles" is spelled R-E-S-S-E-M-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.sɑ̃bl\.
What does "ressembles" mean?
As a verb, "ressembles" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ressembler.
What words are commonly confused with "ressembles"?
"ressembles" is commonly confused with "ressemblez", "rassemblé", "rassembler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ressembles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ressembles" is \ʁə.sɑ̃bl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ressembles" come from?
"ressembles" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.