Which to use
“ressorte” and “ressortent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,581
- “ressorte” frequency rank
- #20,266
- “ressortent” frequency rank
- 62847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ressorte | ressortent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ressortir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de ressortir. |
Same sound, different letters: ressorte vs ressortent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. ressorte runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against ressortent's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: ressorte vs ressortent
This is the hard kind. ressorte and ressortent are pronounced identically (\ʁə.sɔʁt\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ressorte” sits inside “ressortent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ressorte is recorded at frequency rank #42,581, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɔʁt\. ressortent is at rank #20,266, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɔʁt\.
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 62847, this pair ranks #84,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ressorte vs ressortent
Shared letters: eorst. Private to "ressorte": -. Private to "ressortent": n.
"ressorte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "ressortent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ressorte ← erssorte · resorte · resosrte · ressoret · ressorrte · ressortte · ressotre · ressrote
- ressortent ← erssortent · resortent · resosrtent · ressoretnt · ressorrtent · ressortennt · ressortentt · ressortetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ressorte" and "ressortent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ressorte" or "ressortent" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ressorte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ressortent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ressorte" and "ressortent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ressente vs ressorte". 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 #84,961 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.