AdlervsasserTell them apart

Quick tell: Adler is a name, asser is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Adler” is a name and “asser” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,041
“Adler” frequency rank
#40,606
“asser” frequency rank
68647
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Adler asser
Definition Nom de famille. Bâton, gaule, perche, barre, barreau.

Letter map: Adler vs asser

Shared letters muted; letters that set Adler and asser apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Adler and asser follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Adler
5 ch
asser

Role in the sentence - Adler and asser

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Adler is aname and asseranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Adler is recorded at frequency rank #28,041, classified as aname, pronounced \ad.lœʁ\. asser is at rank #40,606, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 68647, this pair ranks #58,292 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Adler vs asser

Shared letters: aer. Private to "Adler": dl. Private to "asser": s.

"Adler" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "asser" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Adler ← addler · adelr · adlerr · adller · adlre · alder · daler
  • asser ← aser · asesr · asserr · assre · saser

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Adler" and "asser" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Adler" is a name and "asser" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Adler" vs "asser" - which ranks higher?
"Adler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,041 in our French list, against #40,606 for "asser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Adler" and "asser".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Adler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "asser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,292 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Adler" and "asser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "asser vs astor". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #58,292 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list