résumer

/\ʁe.zy.me\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,777

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

résumer is aFrenchverb. It means: Resserrer et rendre en peu de paroles ce qu’il y a de plus important dans une discussion, dans un discours, dans un argument. Pronounced \ʁe.zy.me\. It ranks #8,777 in French word frequency. Often confused with résumés and rester.

Key facts for résumer
PropertyValue
Headwordrésumer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.zy.me\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,777
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of résumer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for résumer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.zy.me\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,777 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for résumer, with forms such as "resumer", "rrésumer", and "rséumer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "résumés", "rester", "résumé", and more, 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 résumer, spelled R-É-S-U-M-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Resserrer et rendre en peu de paroles ce qu’il y a de plus important dans une discussion, dans un discours, dans un argument.
  2. 2
    Rendre en peu de choses un ensemble plus vaste ou plus complexe.
  3. 3
    Reprendre en peu de mots ce qu’on a dit.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: resumer,rrésumer,rséumer,résmuer,réssumer,résuemr,résumerr,résummer,résumre,réusmer,érsumer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for résumer

Misspelling Variants of "résumer"

resumer7rrésumer8rséumer7résmuer7réssumer8résuemr7résumerr8résummer8
Misspelling Variants of "résumer"

Frequency rank: #8,777 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "résumer"?
"résumer" is spelled R-É-S-U-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.zy.me\.
What does "résumer" mean?
As a verb, "résumer" means: Resserrer et rendre en peu de paroles ce qu’il y a de plus important dans une discussion, dans un discours, dans un argument.
What words are commonly confused with "résumer"?
"résumer" is commonly confused with "résumés", "rester", "résumé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "résumer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "résumer" is \ʁe.zy.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "résumer" come from?
"résumer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.