asseoir

/\a.swaʁ\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,728

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

asseoir is aFrenchverb. It means: Mettre quelqu’un sur un siège ou sur quelque chose qui tient lieu de siège. Pronounced \a.swaʁ\. It ranks #5,728 in French word frequency. Often confused with asser and assoir.

Key facts for asseoir
PropertyValue
Headwordasseoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.swaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,728
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of asseoir in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for asseoir is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.swaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,728 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for asseoir, with forms such as "aseoir", "asesoir", and "asseior". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "asser", "assoir", "assoit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is asseoir, spelled A-S-S-E-O-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre quelqu’un sur un siège ou sur quelque chose qui tient lieu de siège.
  2. 2
    L’y admettre.
  3. 3
    Faire monter au trône, faire devenir roi ou reine.
  4. 4
    Poser solidement et à demeure.
  5. 5
    Placer, établir un camp.
  6. 6
    Dresser un cheval à exécuter ses airs de manège ou à galoper avec la croupe plus basse que les épaules.
  7. 7
    Fonder ; établir.
  8. 8
    Se fier à une parole, à des promesses.
  9. 9
    S’emploie particulièrement, dans l’acception qui précède, en matière d’impositions, de rentes, etc.
  10. 10
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
  11. 11
    Se mettre sur son séant. Voir s’asseoir.
  12. 12
    Ne pas tenir compte de, désobéir. Voir s’asseoir.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aseoir,asesoir,asseior,asseoirr,asseori,assoeir,saseoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for asseoir

Misspelling Variants of "asseoir"

aseoir6asesoir7asseior7asseoirr8asseori7assoeir7saseoir7
Misspelling Variants of "asseoir"

Frequency rank: #5,728 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asseoir"?
"asseoir" is spelled A-S-S-E-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.swaʁ\.
What does "asseoir" mean?
As a verb, "asseoir" means: Mettre quelqu’un sur un siège ou sur quelque chose qui tient lieu de siège.
What words are commonly confused with "asseoir"?
"asseoir" is commonly confused with "asser", "assoir", "assoit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "asseoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asseoir" is \a.swaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asseoir" come from?
"asseoir" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.