assortir
\a.sɔʁ.tiʁ\
The verdict
“assortir” is uncommon French (frequency #59,801 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,801
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre ensemble deux ou plusieurs choses qui se conviennent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-assortir · assortir · French
assortir · rank #59,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,801
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH asthmatiques
Nearest frequency peer: asthmatiques (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « assortir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- asocial
asocial
40,203 corpus weight
- aspirante
aspirante
40,202 corpus weight
- assortir
assortir
40,200 corpus weight
- asthmatiques
asthmatiques
40,199 corpus weight
- Atten
Atten
40,198 corpus weight
- Audenarde
Audenarde
40,197 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « assortir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assortir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.sɔʁ.tiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « assortir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
assortir is uncommon French at frequency #59,801 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.sɔʁ.tiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for assortir, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is assortir, spelled A-S-S-O-R-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre ensemble deux ou plusieurs choses qui se conviennent.
- 2Mettre ensemble des personnes qui se conviennent.
- 3Fournir de toutes les choses nécessaires, convenables.
- 4Convenir.
- 5(réciproque) Avoir réciproquement une convenance des caractères.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how assortir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jeunes filles tressaient des guirlandes et assortissaient, en chantant, des bouquets ornés de rubans.
À la vue du plaid fleuri qui recouvre sa couche, et qu'elle a assorti aux rideaux et à sa robe de chambre, je réalise soudain le sens de l’expression « border l'insomniaque », de même que l'importance du Viagra dans une vie de couple.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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