assiègent

\a.sjɛʒ\

/\a.sjɛʒ\/ verb

The verdict

“assiègent” is uncommon French (frequency #64,240 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,240
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-assiegent · assiègent · French

assiègent · rank #64,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,240
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Assouline

Nearest frequency peer: Assouline (+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 « assiègent »

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 « assiègent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for assiègent
PropertyValue
Headwordassiègent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.sjɛʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,240
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « assiègent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).assiègenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Assouline » (#64,241), « asynchrone » (#64,242), « Asahi » (#64,237). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assiègent » est au #64,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

assiègent is uncommon French at frequency #64,240 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.sjɛʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for assiègent, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is assiègent, spelled A-S-S-I-È-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assiéger.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe assiéger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le projecteur Tikino pourrait bien voler la vedette des Lunii et autres conteuses qui assiègent le pied des sapins depuis quelques années : s’il ajoute l’image au son, l’animation est suffisamment lente pour ne pas exciter les petits avant de filer au lit.

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 "assiègent"?
"assiègent" is spelled A-S-S-I-È-G-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sjɛʒ\.
What does "assiègent" mean?
As a verb, "assiègent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assiéger.
How do you pronounce "assiègent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assiègent" is \a.sjɛʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assiègent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list