assimiler

\a.si.mi.le\

/\a.si.mi.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“assimiler” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,567. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,567
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre semblable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-assimiler · assimiler · French

assimiler · rank #15,567 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,567
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aquatiques

Nearest frequency peer: aquatiques (-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 « assimiler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « assimiler » 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).

assimiler vs assimilés
78% similar
assimiler vs assimile
89% similar
assimiler vs assembler
78% similar

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

Key facts for assimiler
PropertyValue
Headwordassimiler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.si.mi.le\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,567
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assimiler »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.assimilerse 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 « aquatiques » (#15,566), « anarchistes » (#15,565), « aménager » (#15,564). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assimiler » est au #15,567. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around assimiler (IPA \a.si.mi.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,567 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for assimiler, with forms such as "asimiler", "asismiler", and "assiimler". 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, "assimilés", "assimile", "assembler", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is assimiler, spelled A-S-S-I-M-I-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre semblable.
  2. 2
    Présenter comme semblables deux ou plusieurs personnes, ou deux ou plusieurs choses.
  3. 3
    Absorber les aliments lors de la digestion.
  4. 4
    Incorporer du savoir, des connaissances dans l’esprit.
  5. 5
    Incorporer quelqu'un, une minorité à un groupe social, lui faire prendre les caractères de celui-ci
  6. 6
    Devenir semblable.
  7. 7
    Exercer sa faculté d’assimilation, en parlant des corps vivants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces penchants honteux assimilent l’homme à la brute.
  2. De plus, on assimile volontiers les femmes adultères aux prostituées et la pratique de la fornication, prostibulaire ou adultère, suppose le mensonge ou la clandestinité, comme l'ont si bien illustré les fabliaux, qui insistent sur les mensonges de l'épouse volage.

This word in other languages

equate(English)asimilar(Español)assimilieren(Deutsch)assimilar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asimiler
  • asismiler
  • assiimler
  • assimielr
  • assimilerr
  • assimiller
  • assimilre
  • assimlier
  • assimmiler
  • assmiiler
  • sasimiler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asimiler1asismiler2assiimler2assimielr2assimilerr1assimiller1assimilre2assimlier2
Edit distance from "assimiler"

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 "assimiler"?
"assimiler" is spelled A-S-S-I-M-I-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.si.mi.le\.
What does "assimiler" mean?
As a verb, "assimiler" means: Rendre semblable.
What words are commonly confused with "assimiler"?
"assimiler" is commonly confused with "assimilés", "assimile", "assembler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assimiler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assimiler" is \a.si.mi.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assimiler" come from?
"assimiler" 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 "assimiler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list