assassiner

\a.sa.si.ne\

/\a.sa.si.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“assassiner” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,325. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,325
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tuer intentionnellement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-assassiner · assassiner · French

assassiner · rank #13,325 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,325
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrêtons

Nearest frequency peer: arrêtons (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « assassiner »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « assassiner » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

assassiner vs assassins
80% similar
assassiner vs assassin
80% similar
assassiner vs assassine
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for assassiner
PropertyValue
Headwordassassiner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.sa.si.ne\
Letters10
Frequency rank#13,325
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assassiner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.assassinerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « arrêtons » (#13,324), « astronomie » (#13,326), « arriverait » (#13,323). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assassiner » est au #13,325. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around assassiner (IPA \a.sa.si.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,325 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for assassiner, with forms such as "asassiner", "asasssiner", and "assasiner". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "assassins", "assassin", "assassine", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is assassiner, spelled A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tuer intentionnellement.
  2. 2
    Porter un grand préjudice à autrui par des actions ou des discours.
  3. 3
    Fatiguer, importuner avec excès.
  4. 4
    Lorsqu’un élément est particulièrement néfaste à un domaine, on utilise parfois assassiner, associé au nom d’un éminent représentant de ce domaine, pour mettre en exergue l’agressivité de cet élément pour ledit domaine.
  5. 5
    Dissiper, occuper, en parlant du temps, de la durée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how assassiner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] les deux Comanches qui ont été traîtreusement assassinés ici, au mépris du droit des gens, étaient des guerriers renommés dans leur tribu.
  2. C'est les Jésuites qui ont fait assassiner Henri IV ; c'est encore eux qui ont fait révoquer l’Édit de Nantes, à la suite de quoi tous les protestants ont été obligés de quitter la France; […].

This word in other languages

kill(English)asesinar(Español)töten(Deutsch)assassinar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asassiner
  • asasssiner
  • assasiner
  • assasisner
  • assassienr
  • assassinerr
  • assassinner
  • assassinre
  • assassnier
  • asssasiner
  • sasassiner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assassiner - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

asassiner1asasssiner2assasiner1assasisner2assassienr2assassinerr1assassinner1assassinre2
Edit distance from "assassiner"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assassiner"?
"assassiner" is spelled A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sa.si.ne\.
What does "assassiner" mean?
As a verb, "assassiner" means: Tuer intentionnellement.
What words are commonly confused with "assassiner"?
"assassiner" is commonly confused with "assassins", "assassin", "assassine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assassiner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assassiner" is \a.sa.si.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assassiner" come from?
"assassiner" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "assassiner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

astronomie#13,326arriverait#13,323approprier#13,318Christiane#13,341

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

arrêtons11 variantsappréciée11 variantsapprouver11 variantscanards11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list