Which to use
“ressortir” and “ressortira” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,132
- “ressortir” frequency rank
- #47,573
- “ressortira” frequency rank
- 53705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ressortir | ressortira |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sortir de nouveau. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de ressortir. |
Where the eye mixes ressortir and ressortira
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. ressortir runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against ressortira's 10 (CVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses ressortir with ressortira
A purely visual mix-up. ressortir (\ʁə.sɔʁ.tiʁ\) and ressortira (\ʁə.sɔʁ.ti.ʁa\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “ressortir” sits inside “ressortira”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ressortir is recorded at frequency rank #6,132, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɔʁ.tiʁ\. ressortira is at rank #47,573, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɔʁ.ti.ʁa\.
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 53705, this pair ranks #138,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ressortir vs ressortira
Shared letters: eiorst. Private to "ressortir": -. Private to "ressortira": a.
"ressortir" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "ressortira" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ressortir ← erssortir · resortir · resosrtir · ressoritr · ressorrtir · ressortirr · ressortri · ressorttir
- ressortira ← erssortira · resortira · resosrtira · ressoritra · ressorrtira · ressortiar · ressortirra · ressortria
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ressortir" and "ressortira" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ressortir" or "ressortira" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ressortir" and "ressortira" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ressortir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ressortira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ressortir" and "ressortira" 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 #138,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.