ressortissants

/\ʁə.sɔʁ.ti.sɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“ressortissants” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #12,240 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.

#12,240
frequency rank, French
14
letters
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Masculin pluriel de ressortissant.

Key facts for ressortissants
PropertyValue
Headwordressortissants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.sɔʁ.ti.sɑ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#12,240
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ressortissants” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ressortissants lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ressortissants is 14 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.sɔʁ.ti.sɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,240 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Masculin pluriel de ressortissant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for ressortissants, with forms such as "erssortissants", "resortissants", and "resosrtissants". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ressortissant", 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 ressortissants, spelled R-E-S-S-O-R-T-I-S-S-A-N-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de ressortissant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erssortissants,resortissants,resosrtissants,ressoritssants,ressorrtissants,ressortisants,ressortisasnts,ressortissannts,ressortissanst,ressortissantss,ressortissantts,ressortissatns,ressortissnats,ressortsisants,ressorttissants,ressotrissants,ressrotissants,rressortissants,rsesortissants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ressortissants — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "ressortissants"

erssortissants2resortissants1resosrtissants2ressoritssants2ressorrtissants1ressortisants1ressortisasnts2ressortissannts1
Edit distance from "ressortissants"

Frequency rank: #12,240 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ressortissants"?
"ressortissants" is spelled R-E-S-S-O-R-T-I-S-S-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.sɔʁ.ti.sɑ̃\.
What does "ressortissants" mean?
As an adjective, "ressortissants" means: Masculin pluriel de ressortissant.
What words are commonly confused with "ressortissants"?
"ressortissants" is commonly confused with "ressortissant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ressortissants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ressortissants" is \ʁə.sɔʁ.ti.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ressortissants" come from?
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Using “ressortissants”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-S-S-O-R-T-I-S-S-A-N-T-S — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.sɔʁ.ti.sɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “ressortissant” — see the side-by-side comparison. ressortissants vs ressortissant
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.