asseyons

\a.sɛ.jɔ̃\

/\a.sɛ.jɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“asseyons” is uncommon French (frequency #74,568 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,568
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-asseyons · asseyons · French

asseyons · rank #74,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,568
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH assermentation

Nearest frequency peer: assermentation (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « asseyons »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « asseyons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for asseyons
PropertyValue
Headwordasseyons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.sɛ.jɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,568
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « asseyons » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.asseyonstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « assermentation » (#74,567), « assoupie » (#74,569), « aspa » (#74,566). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « asseyons » est au #74,568. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

asseyons is uncommon French at frequency #74,568 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.sɛ.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for asseyons, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is asseyons, spelled A-S-S-E-Y-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe asseoir (ou assoir).
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif du verbe asseoir (ou assoir).

Synonyms

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 "asseyons"?
"asseyons" is spelled A-S-S-E-Y-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sɛ.jɔ̃\.
What does "asseyons" mean?
As a verb, "asseyons" means: Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe asseoir (ou assoir).
How do you pronounce "asseyons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asseyons" is \a.sɛ.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asseyons" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list