rêvasser
\ʁɛ.va.se\
The verdict
“rêvasser” is uncommon French (frequency #62,608 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,608
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir un sommeil inquiet, traversé de vagues rêveries.
Corpus desk
Index FR-revasser · rêvasser · French
rêvasser · rank #62,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,608
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réévalué
Nearest frequency peer: réévalué (-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 « rêvasser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rétrospectif
rétrospectif
37,396 corpus weight
- réussiras
réussiras
37,395 corpus weight
- réévalué
réévalué
37,394 corpus weight
- rêvasser
rêvasser
37,393 corpus weight
- sableuse
sableuse
37,392 corpus weight
- saccagent
saccagent
37,391 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rêvasser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rêvasser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɛ.va.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rêvasser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rêvasser is uncommon French at frequency #62,608 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɛ.va.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rêvasser has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rêvasser, spelled R-Ê-V-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Avoir un sommeil inquiet, traversé de vagues rêveries.
- 2Penser vaguement à quelque chose, s’abandonner à des rêveries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rêvasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne se porte pas bien, il n’a fait que rêvasser toute la nuit.
Il avait posé sa table, près de la fenêtre et il rêvassait, priait, méditait, prenait des notes.
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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