Which to use
“assemble” and “assembled” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,182
- “assemble” frequency rank
- #7,525
- “assembled” frequency rank
- 19707
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assemble | assembled |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To put together. | simple past and past participle of assemble |
Where the eye mixes assemble and assembled
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses assemble with assembled
A purely visual mix-up. assemble (/əˈsɛm.bəl/) and assembled (/əˈsɛmbl̩d/) 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) - “assemble” sits inside “assembled”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19707, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assemble is recorded at frequency rank #12,182, classified as averb, pronounced /əˈsɛm.bəl/. assembled is at rank #7,525, tagged as averb, pronounced /əˈsɛmbl̩d/.
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 19707, this pair ranks #436,298 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of assemble vs assembled
Shared letters: abelms. Private to "assemble": -. Private to "assembled": d.
"assemble" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV · "assembled" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "assemble" and "assembled" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "assemble" or "assembled" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "assemble" and "assembled" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "assemble" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assembled" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,298 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assemble" and "assembled" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assemble vs assembler". 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 #436,298 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.