s’asseoir
\s‿a.swaʁ\
The verdict
“s’asseoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se mettre sur son séant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-asseoir · s’asseoir · French
s’asseoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | s’asseoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿a.swaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’asseoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’asseoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿a.swaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for s’asseoir in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is s’asseoir, spelled S-’-A-S-S-E-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Se mettre sur son séant.
- 2S'installer sur une chaise ou dans un fauteuil pour marquer un temps d'arrêt dans ses activités et éventuellement manifester de l'intérêt pour un interlocuteur.
- 3Ne pas tenir compte de, désobéir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’asseoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On s’assoit sur deux congèles poussés le long d’une planche…
Elle s’assit sur une chaise, lourdement. Un eût dit qu’une fatigue, tout d’un coup, lui avait cassé les membres.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.