ressorte

\ʁə.sɔʁt\

/\ʁə.sɔʁt\/ verb

The verdict

“ressorte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,581. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,581
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ressortir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ressorte · ressorte · French

ressorte · rank #42,581 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,581
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH respectaient

Nearest frequency peer: respectaient (-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 « ressorte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ressorte » 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).

ressorte vs ressorts
88% similar
ressorte vs ressorti
88% similar
ressorte vs ressortir
78% similar

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

Key facts for ressorte
PropertyValue
Headwordressorte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.sɔʁt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,581
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ressorte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ressortese 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 « respectaient » (#42,580), « restaurés » (#42,582), « rhumatismes » (#42,583). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ressorte » est au #42,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ressorte (IPA \ʁə.sɔʁt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,581 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ressorte, with forms such as "erssorte", "resorte", and "resosrte". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "ressorts", "ressorti", "ressortir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ressorte, spelled R-E-S-S-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ressortir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ressortir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erssorte
  • resorte
  • resosrte
  • ressoret
  • ressorrte
  • ressortte
  • ressotre
  • ressrote
  • rressorte
  • rsesorte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ressorte - 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.

erssorte2resorte1resosrte2ressoret2ressorrte1ressortte1ressotre2ressrote2
Edit distance from "ressorte"

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 "ressorte"?
"ressorte" is spelled R-E-S-S-O-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.sɔʁt\.
What does "ressorte" mean?
As a verb, "ressorte" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ressortir.
What words are commonly confused with "ressorte"?
"ressorte" is commonly confused with "ressorts", "ressorti", "ressortir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ressorte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ressorte" is \ʁə.sɔʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ressorte" come from?
"ressorte" 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 "ressorte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list