assavoir
\a.sa.vwaʁ\
The verdict
“assavoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou (Utilisé uniquement dans faire assavoir) Savoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-assavoir · assavoir · French
assavoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assavoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.sa.vwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « assavoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
assavoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.sa.vwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ou (Utilisé uniquement dans faire assavoir) Savoir.".
assavoir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is assavoir, spelled A-S-S-A-V-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1ou (Utilisé uniquement dans faire assavoir) Savoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how assavoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Les trois restants, je les ai tués, après qu’ils m’eurent fait clair et net assavoir qu’ils aimaient mieux m’affronter que me suivre »
Mon chien, à moi, avait suivi mes parents au pèlerinage ; si bien que je ne pouvais pas m’assurer si c’était du vrai monde ou du mauvais qui clochetait au dehors ; car vous savez que les animaux et particulièrement les chiens ont grande connaissance là-dessus et jappent d’une façon qui le fait assavoir aux humains. — (George Sand, Les Maîtres sonneurs, Ge…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.