assiettes

\a.sjɛt\

/\a.sjɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“assiettes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,106
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de assiette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-assiettes · assiettes · French

assiettes · rank #13,106 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,106
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH argumentation

Nearest frequency peer: argumentation (-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 « assiettes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « assiettes » 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).

assiettes vs assistés
67% similar
assiettes vs assiette
89% similar
assiettes vs assiégés
56% similar

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

Key facts for assiettes
PropertyValue
Headwordassiettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.sjɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,106
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assiettes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).assiettesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « argumentation » (#13,105), « assumé » (#13,107), « arctique » (#13,104). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assiettes » est au #13,106. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around assiettes (IPA \a.sjɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,106 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de assiette.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for assiettes, with forms such as "asiettes", "asisettes", and "asseittes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "assistés", "assiette", "assiégés", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is assiettes, spelled A-S-S-I-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de assiette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et “l’affaire des assiettes oranges” ne fut pas une errance de la mode mais la révélation de l’ampleur d’une ambition : on irait jusqu’à inventer des couleurs .
  2. une goutte entêtée me nargue du robinet à l’amas d’assiettes sales qui s’empilent dans l’évier

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asiettes
  • asisettes
  • asseittes
  • assietes
  • assietets
  • assiettess
  • assiettse
  • assitetes
  • sasiettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assiettes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asiettes1asisettes2asseittes2assietes1assietets2assiettess1assiettse2assitetes2
Edit distance from "assiettes"

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 "assiettes"?
"assiettes" is spelled A-S-S-I-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sjɛt\.
What does "assiettes" mean?
As a noun, "assiettes" means: Pluriel de assiette.
What words are commonly confused with "assiettes"?
"assiettes" is commonly confused with "assistés", "assiette", "assiégés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assiettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assiettes" is \a.sjɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assiettes" come from?
"assiettes" 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 "assiettes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list