réussir

/\ʁe.y.siʁ\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,543

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

réussir is aFrenchverb. It means: Avoir une bonne ou une mauvaise issue. Pronounced \ʁe.y.siʁ\. It ranks #2,543 in French word frequency. Often confused with Russie and Russia.

Key facts for réussir
PropertyValue
Headwordréussir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.y.siʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,543
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for réussir is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.y.siʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,543 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for réussir, with forms such as "reussir", "rréussir", and "ruéssir". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Russie", "Russia", "réussis", 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 réussir, spelled R-É-U-S-S-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir une bonne ou une mauvaise issue.
  2. 2
    Avoir une issue heureuse.
  3. 3
    Donner un produit ou un résultat satisfaisant.
  4. 4
    Arriver à une issue heureuse.
  5. 5
    Accomplir quelque chose avec succès ; mener à bien quelque chose ; venir à bout de quelque chose.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: reussir,rréussir,ruéssir,résusir,réusir,réusisr,réussirr,réussri,érussir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for réussir

Misspelling Variants of "réussir"

reussir7rréussir8ruéssir7résusir7réusir6réusisr7réussirr8réussri7
Misspelling Variants of "réussir"

Frequency rank: #2,543 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "réussir"?
"réussir" is spelled R-É-U-S-S-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.y.siʁ\.
What does "réussir" mean?
As a verb, "réussir" means: Avoir une bonne ou une mauvaise issue.
What words are commonly confused with "réussir"?
"réussir" is commonly confused with "Russie", "Russia", "réussis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "réussir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réussir" is \ʁe.y.siʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réussir" come from?
"réussir" 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.