retrousser
\ʁə.tʁu.se\
The verdict
“retrousser” is uncommon French (frequency #61,845 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,845
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relever.
Corpus desk
Index FR-retrousser · retrousser · French
retrousser · rank #61,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,845
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH resserrent
Nearest frequency peer: resserrent (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « retrousser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- reprochée
reprochée
38,160 corpus weight
- repu
repu
38,159 corpus weight
- resserrent
resserrent
38,157 corpus weight
- retrousser
retrousser
38,156 corpus weight
- retrouvions
retrouvions
38,155 corpus weight
- reverrais
reverrais
38,153 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « retrousser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retrousser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.tʁu.se\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « retrousser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
retrousser is uncommon French at frequency #61,845 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.tʁu.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for retrousser in our index, 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is retrousser, spelled R-E-T-R-O-U-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Relever.
- 2Préparer pour la cuisson, en rapprochant du corps les ailes et les cuisses d’une volaille.
- 3Retrouver.
- 4Enlever les déblais qui encombrent le bord d'une tranchée.
- 5Relever ses vêtements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how retrousser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une Liménienne déjeûne le matin, avec son mari en petit peignoir à la française, ses cheveux retroussés absolument comme nos dames de Paris ; […].
Là-dessus Georges refrisa, retroussa ses moustaches et prit un air rêveur.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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