tressaillir
\tʁe.sa.jiʁ\
The verdict
“tressaillir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éprouver une agitation vive et passagère à la suite d’une émotion subite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tressaillir · tressaillir · French
tressaillir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tressaillir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tʁe.sa.jiʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tressaillir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁe.sa.jiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Éprouver une agitation vive et passagère à la suite d’une émotion subite.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tressaillir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tressaillir, spelled T-R-E-S-S-A-I-L-L-I-R.
Definition
- 1Éprouver une agitation vive et passagère à la suite d’une émotion subite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tressaillir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je lisais peu, mais la vue d’une dorure sur tranche me faisait tressaillir de joie; dès l’âge de 18 ans, j’avais une furieuse envie d’être moi-même relié en veau.
Venez donc et sans perdre un instant ! dit alors au milieu de l’obscurité une voix qui fit tressaillir le duc, car il la reconnut pour celle de Marguerite.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.