ressembleravsressemblesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#29,114
“ressemblera” frequency rank
#23,347
“ressembles” frequency rank
52461
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ressemblera ressembles
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de ressembler. Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ressembler.

Where the eye mixes ressemblera and ressembles

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
ressemblera
10 ch
ressembles

Look-alike desk: ressemblera vs ressembles

A purely visual mix-up. ressemblera (\ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ressemblera is recorded at frequency rank #29,114, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa\. 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 52461, this pair ranks #147,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ressemblera vs ressembles

Shared letters: belmrs. Private to "ressemblera": a. Private to "ressembles": -.

"ressemblera" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCV  ·  "ressembles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ressembleraerssemblera · resemblera · resesmblera · ressebmlera · ressembblera · ressembelra · ressemblear · ressemblerra
  • ressembleserssembles · resembles · resesmbles · ressebmles · ressembbles · ressembels · ressembless · ressemblles

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ressemblera" and "ressembles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa\ versus \ʁə.sɑ̃bl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "ressemblera" or "ressembles" show up more?
"ressembles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,347 in our French list, against #29,114 for "ressemblera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ressemblera" 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 #147,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ressemblera" 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 #147,566 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