ressortevsressortiWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#42,581
“ressorte” frequency rank
#18,309
“ressorti” frequency rank
60890
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ressorte ressorti
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ressortir. Participe passé masculin singulier de ressortir.

Where the eye mixes ressorte and ressorti

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ressorte and ressorti follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
ressorte
8 ch
ressorti

Visual trap between ressorte and ressorti

A purely visual mix-up. ressorte (\ʁə.sɔʁt\) 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 a single letter - e in “ressorte” becomes i in “ressorti”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60890, 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\. 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 60890, this pair ranks #95,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ressorte vs ressorti

Shared letters: eorst. Private to "ressorte": -. Private to "ressorti": i.

"ressorte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "ressorti" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ressorteerssorte · resorte · resosrte · ressoret · ressorrte · ressortte · ressotre · ressrote
  • ressortierssorti · resorti · resosrti · ressorit · ressorrti · ressortti · ressotri · ressroti

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ressorte" and "ressorti" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.sɔʁt\ versus \ʁə.sɔʁ.ti\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ressorte" or "ressorti"?
"ressorti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,309 in our French list, against #42,581 for "ressorte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ressorte" 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 #95,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ressorte" and "ressorti" 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 #95,239 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