assurément

\a.sy.ʁe.mɑ̃\

/\a.sy.ʁe.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“assurément” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,604
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De manière ferme, assurée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-assurement · assurément · French

assurément · rank #9,604 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,604
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH associées

Nearest frequency peer: associées (-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 « assurément »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « assurément » 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).

assurément vs assurent
80% similar
assurément vs assureront
70% similar
assurément vs assument
80% similar

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

Key facts for assurément
PropertyValue
Headwordassurément
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a.sy.ʁe.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,604
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « assurément »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).assurémentse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « associées » (#9,603), « attendaient » (#9,606), « approches » (#9,601). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assurément » est au #9,604. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around assurément (IPA \a.sy.ʁe.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #9,604 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for assurément, with forms such as "assruément", "assurement", and "assurméent". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "assurent", "assureront", "assument", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 assurément, spelled A-S-S-U-R-É-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    De manière ferme, assurée.
  2. 2
    Certainement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il marchait assurément vers le ring.
  2. Tom s’efforçait de vendre uniquement la récolte de son jardin, produits excellents assurément, mais de variété limitée.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • assruément
  • assurement
  • assurméent
  • assurrément
  • assuréemnt
  • assurémennt
  • assurémentt
  • assurémetn
  • assurémment
  • assurémnet
  • assuérment
  • asurément
  • asusrément
  • sasurément

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

assruément2assurement1assurméent2assurrément1assuréemnt2assurémennt1assurémentt1assurémetn2
Edit distance from "assurément"

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 "assurément"?
"assurément" is spelled A-S-S-U-R-É-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sy.ʁe.mɑ̃\.
What does "assurément" mean?
As an adverb, "assurément" means: De manière ferme, assurée.
What words are commonly confused with "assurément"?
"assurément" is commonly confused with "assurent", "assureront", "assument". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assurément"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assurément" is \a.sy.ʁe.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assurément" come from?
"assurément" 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 "assurément", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list