assurer
\a.sy.ʁe\
The verdict
“assurer” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,019 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #1,019
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rendre stable.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assurer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.sy.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “assurer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for assurer is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for assurer, with forms such as "assruer", "assuerr", and "assurerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 assurer, spelled A-S-S-U-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre stable.
- 2Prendre une contenance, un maintien ou un visage ferme.
- 3Garantir la réalisation ou le bon fonctionnement. — Note d’usage : Il est suivi de la préposition de.
- 4Accoutumer un cheval à souffrir le mors.
- 5Arborer le pavillon de sa nation en tirant un coup de canon.
- 6Rendre une chose sûre.
- 7Garantir un droit, faire qu’il ne périclite pas.
- 8Garantir, par un acte, la propriété d’un bien à quelqu’un, pour qu’il en jouisse après la mort du donateur.
- 9Procurer d’une façon certaine et durable.
- 10Garantir ou faire garantir par un contrat d’assurance ; contracter une assurance.
- 11Engager fortement quelqu’un à regarder une chose comme certaine, à y croire.
- 12En escalade, garantir que son coéquipier sera bien encordé en cas de chute.
- 13Affirmer ou certifier une chose ; prétendre avec assurance.
- 14Rendre certain d’une chose.
- 15Être à la hauteur.
- 16(Avec les prépositions Dans et En); Établir sa confiance.
- 17Se procurer la certitude d’un fait.
- 18Arrêter, emprisonner, en parlant de quelqu’un. — Note d’usage : Il est suivi de la préposition de.
- 19Se 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.
- 20Réserver, 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assurer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “assurer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-S-S-U-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.sy.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “assurez” - see the side-by-side comparison. assurer vs assurez
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.