ressortivsressortsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ressorti is a verb, ressorts is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ressorti” is a verb and “ressorts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,309
“ressorti” frequency rank
#17,252
“ressorts” frequency rank
35561
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ressorti ressorts
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de ressortir. Pluriel de ressort.

Where the eye mixes ressorti and ressorts

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ressorti (CVCCVCCV) and ressorts (CVCCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
ressorti
8 ch
ressorts

Why the eye confuses ressorti with ressorts

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ressorti is \ʁə.sɔʁ.ti\ while ressorts is \ʁə.sɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - i in “ressorti” becomes s in “ressorts”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35561, 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\. ressorts is at rank #17,252, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.sɔʁ\.

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 35561, this pair ranks #275,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ressorti vs ressorts

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

"ressorti" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "ressorts" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ressortierssorti · resorti · resosrti · ressorit · ressorrti · ressortti · ressotri · ressroti
  • ressortserssorts · resorts · resosrts · ressorrts · ressorst · ressortss · ressortts · ressotrs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ressorti" and "ressorts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ressorti" is a verb and "ressorts" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ressorti" vs "ressorts" - which ranks higher?
"ressorts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,252 in our French list, against #18,309 for "ressorti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ressorti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ressorts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #275,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ressorti" and "ressorts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ressorti 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 #275,830 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