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Which to use

“ressembler” and “ressembles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,620
“ressembler” frequency rank
#23,347
“ressembles” frequency rank
30967
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ressembler ressembles
Definition Avoir du rapport, de la conformité avec quelqu’un, avec quelque chose. Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ressembler.

Where the eye mixes ressembler and ressembles

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. ressembler and ressembles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
ressembler
10 ch
ressembles

Visual trap between ressembler and ressembles

A purely visual mix-up. ressembler (\ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\) and ressembles (\ʁə.sɑ̃bl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “ressembler” becomes s in “ressembles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ressembler is recorded at frequency rank #7,620, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\. ressembles is at rank #23,347, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃bl\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 30967, this pair ranks #306,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ressembler vs ressembles

Shared letters: belmrs. Private to "ressembler": -. Private to "ressembles": -.

"ressembler" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC  ·  "ressembles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ressembler ← erssembler · resembler · resesmbler · ressebmler · ressembbler · ressembelr · ressemblerr · ressembller
  • ressembles ← erssembles · resembles · resesmbles · ressebmles · ressembbles · ressembels · ressembless · ressemblles

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ressembler" and "ressembles" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\ versus \ʁə.sɑ̃bl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ressembler" or "ressembles"?
"ressembler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,620 in our French list, against #23,347 for "ressembles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "ressembler" and "ressembles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ressembler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ressembles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #306,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ressembler" and "ressembles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ressemblais vs ressembles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #306,859 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list