ressemeleur
\ʁə.sə.mə.lœʁ\
The verdict
“ressemeleur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artisan qui ressemelle les chaussures.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ressemeleur · ressemeleur · French
ressemeleur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ressemeleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.sə.mə.lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ressemeleur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.sə.mə.lœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Artisan qui ressemelle les chaussures.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ressemeleur, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ressemeleur, spelled R-E-S-S-E-M-E-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Artisan qui ressemelle les chaussures.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ressemeleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était bien avec son concierge, le père Talon, un nom épatant pour un ressemeleur de bottes !
Quittant le bord de mer, elle s’enfonce dans un enchevêtrement de ruelles où se succèdent vendeurs de dosas, ressemeleurs de chaussures, échoppes dans lesquelles des hommes en sueur manipulent d’énormes fers à repasser, boutiques aux couleurs défraîchies proposant indifféremment des épices, des sculptures, de l’encens, des piles, des pâtisseries ou des co…
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