# assemble

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈsɛm.bəl/ · frequency rank #12,182

## Definitions
1. To put together.
2. To gather as a group.
3. To translate from assembly language to machine code.

## Etymology
From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.

## Easily confused with
- **assembly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assemble-vs-assembly)
- **assembled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assemble-vs-assembled)
- **assembler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assemble-vs-assembler)
- **assemblage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assemblage-vs-assemble)

## Common misspellings (10)
`asemble`, `asesmble`, `assebmle`, `assembble`, `assembel`, `assemblle`, `assemlbe`, `assemmble`, `assmeble`, `sasemble`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/assemble