assimile

Name: assimile, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\a.si.mil\

/\a.si.mil\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“assimile” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,890. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,890
frequency rank, French: 6,727
“A” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-assimile · assimile · French

assimile · rank #25,890 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

FREQ-MID #25,890
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,727
PHOTO-FINISH assemble

Nearest frequency peer: assemble (-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.

Arnault

74,115
artist

74,113
assemble

74,112
assimile

74,111
asymétrique

74,108
auf

74,107

What this shows « assimile » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

assimile vs assimiler

89% similar

assimile vs assimilés

78% similar

assimile vs assimilée

89% similar

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

Key facts for assimile
Property	Value
Headword	assimile
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\a.si.mil\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#25,890
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	6
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assimile »

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

#25,890

#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 « assemble » (#25,889), « artist » (#25,888), « asymétrique » (#25,893). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assimile » est au #25,890. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around assimile (IPA \a.si.mil\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,890 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for assimile, with forms such as "asimile", "asismile", and "assiimle". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "assimiler", "assimilés", "assimilée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is assimile, spelled A-S-S-I-M-I-L-E.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

asimile
asismile
assiimle
assimiel
assimille
assimlie
assimmile
assmiile
sasimile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assimile - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "assimile"

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 "assimile"?

"assimile" is spelled A-S-S-I-M-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.si.mil\.

What does "assimile" mean?

As a verb, "assimile" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe assimiler.

What words are commonly confused with "assimile"?

"assimile" is commonly confused with "assimiler", "assimilés", "assimilée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "assimile"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assimile" is \a.si.mil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "assimile" come from?

"assimile" 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 "assimile", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

assemble#25,889 blaireau#25,907 Bourassa#25,913 caméléon#25,919

Similar misspelling depth

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

artist9 variants borgne9 variants érudits9 variants cafard9 variants