Which to use
“ressortait” and “ressorti” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,572
- “ressortait” frequency rank
- #18,309
- “ressorti” frequency rank
- 65881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ressortait | ressorti |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de ressortir. | Participe passé masculin singulier de ressortir. |
Where the eye mixes ressortait and ressorti
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. ressortait runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against ressorti's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses ressortait with ressorti
A purely visual mix-up. ressortait (\ʁə.sɔʁ.tɛ\) and ressorti (\ʁə.sɔʁ.ti\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ressortait is recorded at frequency rank #47,572, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɔʁ.tɛ\. ressorti is at rank #18,309, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɔʁ.ti\.
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 65881, this pair ranks #70,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ressortait vs ressorti
Shared letters: eiorst. Private to "ressortait": a. Private to "ressorti": -.
"ressortait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "ressorti" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ressortait ← erssortait · resortait · resosrtait · ressoratit · ressorrtait · ressortaitt · ressortati · ressortiat
- ressorti ← erssorti · resorti · resosrti · ressorit · ressorrti · ressortti · ressotri · ressroti
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ressortait" and "ressorti" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ressortait" or "ressorti" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ressortait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ressorti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ressortait" and "ressorti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remportait vs ressortait". 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 #70,363 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.