assigner

\a.si.ɲe\

/\a.si.ɲe\/ verb

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The verdict

“assigner” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,556
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attribuer spécifiquement ; affecter ; donner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-assigner · assigner · French

assigner · rank #25,556 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,556
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH asse

Nearest frequency peer: asse (-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 « assigner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « assigner » 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).

assigner vs assister
75% similar
assigner vs aligner
75% similar
assigner vs assigne
88% similar

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

Key facts for assigner
PropertyValue
Headwordassigner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.si.ɲe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,556
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assigner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.assignerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « asse » (#25,555), « atterrit » (#25,557), « aspirent » (#25,554). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assigner » est au #25,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around assigner (IPA \a.si.ɲe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,556 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for assigner, with forms such as "asisgner", "assginer", and "assigenr". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "assister", "aligner", "assigne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is assigner, spelled A-S-S-I-G-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attribuer spécifiquement ; affecter ; donner.
  2. 2
    Affecter un fonds ou une certaine nature de deniers au paiement d’une dette, d’une rente, etc.
  3. 3
    Sommer par un avis de comparaître devant le juge.
  4. 4
    Déterminer.
  5. 5
    Choisir la mention à l'état civil du sexe du nouveau né en fonction de ses caractéristiques sexuelles.
  6. 6
    Affecter une valeur à une variable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne veux pas d’elle pendant une semaine, je lui assigne le mardi suivant, à certaine heure, fût-ce minuit ou six heures du matin, dix heures ou cinq heures, les moments les plus incommodes, celui du déjeuner, du dîner, du lever, du coucher…
  2. La lettre était partie et, pour peu que la dame se hâtât d'aller la réclamer à la poste, elle pourrait, dès le lendemain, se trouver au rendez-vous quotidien qu'il lui assignait.

This word in other languages

assign(English)asignar(Español)zuweisen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asisgner
  • assginer
  • assigenr
  • assiggner
  • assignerr
  • assignner
  • assignre
  • assinger
  • sasigner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assigner - 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.

asisgner2assginer2assigenr2assiggner1assignerr1assignner1assignre2assinger2
Edit distance from "assigner"

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 "assigner"?
"assigner" is spelled A-S-S-I-G-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.si.ɲe\.
What does "assigner" mean?
As a verb, "assigner" means: Attribuer spécifiquement ; affecter ; donner.
What words are commonly confused with "assigner"?
"assigner" is commonly confused with "assister", "aligner", "assigne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assigner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assigner" is \a.si.ɲe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assigner" come from?
"assigner" 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 "assigner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

atterrit#25,557aspirent#25,554attraits#25,558arnaquer#25,553

Similar misspelling depth

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

believe9 variantsAnatole9 variantsagneaux9 variantsagency9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list