assurer

/\a.sy.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,019

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

assurer is aFrenchverb. It means: Rendre stable. Pronounced \a.sy.ʁe\. It ranks #1,019 in French word frequency. Often confused with assurez and assures.

Key facts for assurer
PropertyValue
Headwordassurer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.sy.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,019
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of assurer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for assurer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.sy.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,019 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for assurer, with forms such as "assruer", "assuerr", and "assurerr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "assurez", "assures", "assureur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is assurer, spelled A-S-S-U-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre stable.
  2. 2
    Prendre une contenance, un maintien ou un visage ferme.
  3. 3
    Garantir la réalisation ou le bon fonctionnement. — Note d’usage : Il est suivi de la préposition de.
  4. 4
    Accoutumer un cheval à souffrir le mors.
  5. 5
    Arborer le pavillon de sa nation en tirant un coup de canon.
  6. 6
    Rendre une chose sûre.
  7. 7
    Garantir un droit, faire qu’il ne périclite pas.
  8. 8
    Garantir, par un acte, la propriété d’un bien à quelqu’un, pour qu’il en jouisse après la mort du donateur.
  9. 9
    Procurer d’une façon certaine et durable.
  10. 10
    Garantir ou faire garantir par un contrat d’assurance ; contracter une assurance.
  11. 11
    Engager fortement quelqu’un à regarder une chose comme certaine, à y croire.
  12. 12
    En escalade, garantir que son coéquipier sera bien encordé en cas de chute.
  13. 13
    Affirmer ou certifier une chose ; prétendre avec assurance.
  14. 14
    Rendre certain d’une chose.
  15. 15
    Être à la hauteur.
  16. 16
    (Avec les prépositions Dans et En); Établir sa confiance.
  17. 17
    Se procurer la certitude d’un fait.
  18. 18
    Arrêter, emprisonner, en parlant de quelqu’un. — Note d’usage : Il est suivi de la préposition de.
  19. 19
    Se garantir la protection, le suffrage de quelqu’un dans les choses où l’on a besoin de lui. — Note d’usage : Il est suivi de la préposition de.
  20. 20
    Réserver, retenir une chose pour la rendre sûre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: assruer,assuerr,assurerr,assurre,assurrer,asurer,asusrer,sasurer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for assurer

Misspelling Variants of "assurer"

assruer7assuerr7assurerr8assurre7assurrer8asurer6asusrer7sasurer7
Misspelling Variants of "assurer"

Frequency rank: #1,019 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assurer"?
"assurer" is spelled A-S-S-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sy.ʁe\.
What does "assurer" mean?
As a verb, "assurer" means: Rendre stable.
What words are commonly confused with "assurer"?
"assurer" is commonly confused with "assurez", "assures", "assureur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "assurer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assurer" is \a.sy.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assurer" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.