assomption

\a.sɔ̃p.sjɔ̃\

/\a.sɔ̃p.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“assomption” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,809. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,809
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’assumer, de prendre en charge à son compte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-assomption · assomption · French

assomption · rank #16,809 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,809
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrivaient

Nearest frequency peer: arrivaient (-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 « assomption »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « assomption » 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).

assomption vs absorption
80% similar

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

Key facts for assomption
PropertyValue
Headwordassomption
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.sɔ̃p.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,809
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assomption »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).assomptionse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « arrivaient » (#16,808), « assurait » (#16,810), « arméniens » (#16,807). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assomption » est au #16,809. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around assomption (IPA \a.sɔ̃p.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,809 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for assomption, with forms such as "asomption", "asosmption", and "assmoption". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "absorption", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is assomption, spelled A-S-S-O-M-P-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’assumer, de prendre en charge à son compte.
  2. 2
    Acceptation de ce que l’on est, ce que l’on désire (dans l’existentialisme).
  3. 3
    Action d’être emporté au Ciel.
  4. 4
    Œuvre d'art figurant l’Assomption de la Vierge.
  5. 5
    Montée, élévation.
  6. 6
    Seconde proposition d’un syllogisme (mineure).
  7. 7
    Seconde proposition d’un syllogisme (mineure).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous posons, en outre, que l’assomption du risque n’est pas une activité productive par elle-même ; c'est le risque surmonté, éliminé, qui permet un accroissement des valeurs ajoutées dans la firme et du produit réel dans l’économie nationale.
  2. Mon arrachement à Autrui, c’est-à-dire mon Moi-même, est par structure essentielle assomption comme mien de ce moi qu’autrui refuse ; il n’est même que cela.

Synonyms

dormition

This word in other languages

assumption(English)asunción(Español)Himmelfahrt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asomption
  • asosmption
  • assmoption
  • assommption
  • assompiton
  • assompption
  • assomptino
  • assomptionn
  • assomptoin
  • assompttion
  • assomtpion
  • assopmtion
  • sasomption

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asomption1asosmption2assmoption2assommption1assompiton2assompption1assomptino2assomptionn1
Edit distance from "assomption"

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 "assomption"?
"assomption" is spelled A-S-S-O-M-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sɔ̃p.sjɔ̃\.
What does "assomption" mean?
As a noun, "assomption" means: Action d’assumer, de prendre en charge à son compte.
What words are commonly confused with "assomption"?
"assomption" is commonly confused with "absorption". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assomption"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assomption" is \a.sɔ̃p.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assomption" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arrivaient#16,808autographe#16,813appelaient#16,803cimetières#16,833

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

cargaison13 variantsvolontés13 variantscrocodile13 variantsterminaux13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list