retrousser

\ʁə.tʁu.se\

/\ʁə.tʁu.se\/ verb

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « retrousser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for retrousser
PropertyValue
Headwordretrousser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.tʁu.se\
Letters10
Frequency rank#61,845
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « retrousser » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).retroussertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « resserrent » (#61,844), « retrouvions » (#61,846), « repu » (#61,842). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retrousser » est au #61,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Relever.
  2. 2
    Préparer pour la cuisson, en rapprochant du corps les ailes et les cuisses d’une volaille.
  3. 3
    Retrouver.
  4. 4
    Enlever les déblais qui encombrent le bord d'une tranchée.
  5. 5
    Relever ses vêtements.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how retrousser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une Liménienne déjeûne le matin, avec son mari en petit peignoir à la française, ses cheveux retroussés absolument comme nos dames de Paris ; […].
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retrousser"?
"retrousser" is spelled R-E-T-R-O-U-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tʁu.se\.
What does "retrousser" mean?
As a verb, "retrousser" means: Relever.
How do you pronounce "retrousser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retrousser" is \ʁə.tʁu.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "retrousser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list