assène

\a.sɛn\

/\a.sɛn\/ verb

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The verdict

“assène” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,167
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe asséner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-assene · assène · French

assène · rank #42,167 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,167
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH assurons

Nearest frequency peer: assurons (-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 « assène »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « assène » 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).

assène vs assez
50% similar
assène vs asset
50% similar
assène vs asser
50% similar

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

Key facts for assène
PropertyValue
Headwordassène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.sɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,167
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assène »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « assurons » (#42,166), « auber » (#42,169), « assimilable » (#42,164). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assène » est au #42,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around assène (IPA \a.sɛn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,167 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for assène, with forms such as "assene", "assnèe", and "assèen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "assez", "asset", "asser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is assène, spelled A-S-S-È-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe asséner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe asséner.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe asséner.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe asséner.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe asséner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’assène plusieurs coups de pied à la porte avant que Robert vienne ouvrir.
  2. « L’accueil est plus chaleureux qu’avant, car nous avons deux ans d’amour à lui montrer », assène Elaine, une Australienne membre de la Nolefam, structure informelle constituée de supporters issus de tous les continents.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • assene
  • assnèe
  • assèen
  • assènne
  • asène
  • asèsne
  • sasène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assène - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

assene1assnèe2assèen2assènne1asène1asèsne2sasène2
Edit distance from "assène"

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 "assène"?
"assène" is spelled A-S-S-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sɛn\.
What does "assène" mean?
As a verb, "assène" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe asséner.
What words are commonly confused with "assène"?
"assène" is commonly confused with "assez", "asset", "asser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assène" is \a.sɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assène" come from?
"assène" 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 "assène", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Aubrey#42,170arboré#42,160bannit#42,178Bardet#42,179

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

banda7 variantsamong7 variantsBorgo7 variantsépaté7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list