ressens

\ʁə.sɑ̃\

/\ʁə.sɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“ressens” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,366
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ressentir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ressens · ressens · French

ressens · rank #7,366 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,366
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH renouveler

Nearest frequency peer: renouveler (-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 « ressens »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ressens » 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).

ressens vs russes
71% similar
ressens vs restés
57% similar
ressens vs restent
71% similar

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

Key facts for ressens
PropertyValue
Headwordressens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.sɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,366
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ressens »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « renouveler » (#7,365), « revu » (#7,367), « rencontrent » (#7,364). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ressens » est au #7,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ressens (IPA \ʁə.sɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,366 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ressens, with forms such as "erssens", "resens", and "resesns". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "russes", "restés", "restent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ressens, spelled R-E-S-S-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ressentir.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ressentir.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de ressentir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. déjà je ressens comme une faichlesse des neurones, un truc dans le style, t'as trop mangé de sardines grillées suivies d'un litre de lait caillé et quelques figues de Barbarie, et t'as mal partout
  2. Les sensations, tu les ressens à la fin, confie Hira Teriinatoofa, entraîneur de l’équipe de France de surf.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erssens
  • resens
  • resesns
  • ressenns
  • ressenss
  • ressesn
  • ressnes
  • rressens
  • rsesens

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ressens - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erssens2resens1resesns2ressenns1ressenss1ressesn2ressnes2rressens1
Edit distance from "ressens"

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 "ressens"?
"ressens" is spelled R-E-S-S-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.sɑ̃\.
What does "ressens" mean?
As a verb, "ressens" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ressentir.
What words are commonly confused with "ressens"?
"ressens" is commonly confused with "russes", "restés", "restent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ressens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ressens" is \ʁə.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ressens" come from?
"ressens" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list