assister

[a.sis.te]

/[a.sis.te]/ verb

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The verdict

“assister” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,894
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être présent ; être témoin ; être spectateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-assister · assister · French

assister · rank #3,894 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,894
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apprécie

Nearest frequency peer: apprécie (-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 « assister »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « assister » 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).

assister vs assistés
75% similar
assister vs assistez
88% similar
assister vs assistera
89% similar

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

Key facts for assister
PropertyValue
Headwordassister
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA[a.sis.te]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,894
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assister »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).assisterse 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 « apprécie » (#3,893), « aveugle » (#3,895), « adoption » (#3,892). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assister » est au #3,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around assister (IPA [a.sis.te]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,894 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for assister, with forms such as "asisster", "asister", and "assisetr". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "assistés", "assistez", "assistera", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is assister, spelled A-S-S-I-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être présent ; être témoin ; être spectateur.
  2. 2
    Faire partie du tribunal qui prononce un jugement.
  3. 3
    Secourir ; aider.
  4. 4
    Accompagner pour quelque action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au mois de janvier de cette année, me trouvant à Paris, […], je reçus de Maxime Du Camp l'invitation tout à fait inattendue d’assister à l'exécution de Troppmann.
  2. Dieu a permis qu'uni au cercle des amis et serviteurs de sa maison ainsi que des autorités de notre ville, j’assistasse en priant à son dernier soupir.

This word in other languages

help(English)asistir(Español)dabei sein(Deutsch)assistir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asisster
  • asister
  • assisetr
  • assisster
  • assisterr
  • assistre
  • assistter
  • assitser
  • asssiter
  • sasister

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assister - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asisster2asister1assisetr2assisster1assisterr1assistre2assistter1assitser2
Edit distance from "assister"

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 "assister"?
"assister" is spelled A-S-S-I-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [a.sis.te].
What does "assister" mean?
As a verb, "assister" means: Être présent ; être témoin ; être spectateur.
What words are commonly confused with "assister"?
"assister" is commonly confused with "assistés", "assistez", "assistera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assister"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assister" is [a.sis.te]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assister" come from?
"assister" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "assister", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

apprécie#3,893adoption#3,892blessure#3,900Bulletin#3,902

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

adopter10 variantsdiriger10 variantsfiction10 variantsfinance10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list