assigne

/\a.siɲ\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,554

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

assigne is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe assigner. Pronounced \a.siɲ\. Often confused with assise and assiste.

Key facts for assigne
PropertyValue
Headwordassigne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.siɲ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,554
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for assigne is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.siɲ\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,554 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for assigne, with forms such as "asigne", "asisgne", and "assgine". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "assise", "assiste", "assigner", 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 assigne, spelled A-S-S-I-G-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asigne,asisgne,assgine,assigen,assiggne,assignne,assinge,sasigne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for assigne

Misspelling Variants of "assigne"

asigne6asisgne7assgine7assigen7assiggne8assignne8assinge7sasigne7
Misspelling Variants of "assigne"

Frequency rank: #33,554 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assigne"?
"assigne" is spelled A-S-S-I-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.siɲ\.
What does "assigne" mean?
As a verb, "assigne" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe assigner.
What words are commonly confused with "assigne"?
"assigne" is commonly confused with "assise", "assiste", "assigner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assigne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assigne" is \a.siɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assigne" come from?
"assigne" 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.