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Which to use

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

#18,309
“ressorti” frequency rank
#34,284
“ressortie” frequency rank
52593
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ressorti ressortie
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de ressortir. Participe passé féminin singulier de ressortir.

Same sound, different letters: ressorti vs ressortie

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. ressorti runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against ressortie's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
ressorti
9 ch
ressortie

Ear matches; page differs - ressorti and ressortie

This is the hard kind. ressorti and ressortie are pronounced identically (\ʁə.sɔʁ.ti\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “ressorti” sits inside “ressortie”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ressorti is recorded at frequency rank #18,309, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɔʁ.ti\. ressortie is at rank #34,284, 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 52593, this pair ranks #146,618 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ressorti vs ressortie

Shared letters: eiorst. Private to "ressorti": -. Private to "ressortie": -.

"ressorti" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "ressortie" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ressortierssorti · resorti · resosrti · ressorit · ressorrti · ressortti · ressotri · ressroti
  • ressortieerssortie · resortie · resosrtie · ressorite · ressorrtie · ressortei · ressorttie · ressotrie

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ressorti" for "ressortie" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁə.sɔʁ.ti\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "ressorti" or "ressortie" show up more?
"ressorti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,309 in our French list, against #34,284 for "ressortie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "ressorti" / "ressortie". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ressorti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ressortie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #146,618 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ressorti" and "ressortie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ressortie vs ressortira". 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 #146,618 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