ressouvenir
\ʁə.suv.niʁ\
The verdict
“ressouvenir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Se remémorer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ressouvenir · ressouvenir · French
ressouvenir · 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 | ressouvenir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.suv.niʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ressouvenir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ressouvenir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.suv.niʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ressouvenir, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ressouvenir, spelled R-E-S-S-O-U-V-E-N-I-R.
Definition
- 1Se remémorer.
- 2Se souvenir.
- 3Se remémorer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ressouvenir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je m’en ressouviendrai quelque jour, je m’en vengerai. Vous vous en ressouviendrez tôt ou tard, vous en serez puni.
Nous gagnâmes enfin la rade de Rio-Janéiro, et nous envoyâmes demander au vice-roi la permission d'y entrer: cette précaution est nécessaire à tous les vaisseaux étrangers qui veulent y relâcher. Ces gens-ci se ressouvenir de Duguai-Trouin.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.