assurance

\a.sy.ʁɑ̃s\

/\a.sy.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“assurance” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,505
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-assurance · assurance · French

assurance · rank #1,505 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,505
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH artistes

Nearest frequency peer: artistes (-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 « assurance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « assurance » 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).

assurance vs assurant
78% similar
assurance vs assurances
90% similar

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

Key facts for assurance
PropertyValue
Headwordassurance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.sy.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,505
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assurance »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.assurancese 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 « artistes » (#1,504), « autorité » (#1,506), « artiste » (#1,503). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assurance » est au #1,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around assurance (IPA \a.sy.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,505 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for assurance, with forms such as "assruance", "assuarnce", and "assuracne". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "assurant", "assurances", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is assurance, spelled A-S-S-U-R-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Certitude.
  2. 2
    Confiance.
  3. 3
    Confiance en soi-même.
  4. 4
    Ensemble de paroles, de promesses, de protestations par lesquelles on s’efforce de donner à une personne la certitude de quelque chose, ou de lui inspirer de la confiance.
  5. 5
    Hardiesse.
  6. 6
    Sûreté ; état où l’on est hors de péril.
  7. 7
    Promesse, obligation nantissement, etc., qu’on donne pour servir de sûreté à quelqu’un avec qui l’on traite.
  8. 8
    Contrat par lequel on garantit contre certains risques sa personne ou son bien, ou par lequel, à de certaines conditions, on assure à soi ou à d’autres le paiement d’une somme convenue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On ne peut plus douter de cette nouvelle, on en a une entière assurance. J’ai l’assurance que cette place me sera donnée.
  2. Prenez cette étoffe avec assurance, en assurance, elle est fort bonne. En toute assurance.

Synonyms

affirmationcertitude

This word in other languages

assurance(English)certidumbre(Español)Sicherheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • assruance
  • assuarnce
  • assuracne
  • assurancce
  • assuranec
  • assurannce
  • assurnace
  • assurrance
  • asurance
  • asusrance
  • sasurance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

assruance2assuarnce2assuracne2assurancce1assuranec2assurannce1assurnace2assurrance1
Edit distance from "assurance"

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 "assurance"?
"assurance" is spelled A-S-S-U-R-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sy.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "assurance" mean?
As a noun, "assurance" means: Certitude.
What words are commonly confused with "assurance"?
"assurance" is commonly confused with "assurant", "assurances". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assurance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assurance" is \a.sy.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assurance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

davantage#1,517québécois#1,493influence#1,525milliards#1,485

Similar misspelling depth

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

autorité11 variantscontent11 variantscélèbre11 variantsplanète11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list