ressentir
\ʁə.sɑ̃.tiʁ\
The verdict
“ressentir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,230. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,230
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentir ; éprouver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ressentir · ressentir · French
ressentir · rank #6,230 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,230
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH restés
Nearest frequency peer: restés (+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 « ressentir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- pourri
pourri
93,774 corpus weight
- renvoie
renvoie
93,773 corpus weight
- ressentir
ressentir
93,771 corpus weight
- restés
restés
93,770 corpus weight
- reçois
reçois
93,769 corpus weight
- rumeur
rumeur
93,768 corpus weight
What this shows « ressentir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ressentir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.sɑ̃.tiʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ressentir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ressentir (IPA \ʁə.sɑ̃.tiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,230 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ressentir, with forms such as "erssentir", "resentir", and "resesntir". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ressortir", "ressentis", "ressent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ressentir, spelled R-E-S-S-E-N-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Sentir ; éprouver.
- 2Sentir quelque reste d’un mal qu’on a eu.
- 3Éprouver les suites, les conséquences fâcheuses, l’influence nuisible de quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ressentir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'avais les membres roidis et ressentais une si pénible lassitude, que je restai longtemps sans pouvoir trouver le sommeil.
Ma myopie renforçait encore l'impression d'irréel, de cauchemar que je ressentais et contre laquelle je m’efforçais de lutter, dans la crainte de voir se briser ma volonté.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erssentir
- resentir
- resesntir
- ressenitr
- ressenntir
- ressentirr
- ressentri
- ressenttir
- ressetnir
- ressnetir
- rressentir
- rsesentir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ressentir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ressentir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).