Which to use
“admis” and “assis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,119
- “admis” frequency rank
- #3,237
- “assis” frequency rank
- 7356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admis | assis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui, ayant subi avec succès jusqu’à la fin toutes les épreuves d’un concours, obtient le diplôme, entre à l’école ou parvient à la fonction qui se recrute ainsi. | Placé sur son séant. |
Where the eye mixes admis and assis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: admis vs assis
A purely visual mix-up. admis (\ad.mi\) and assis (\a.si\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admis is recorded at frequency rank #4,119, classified as anadj, pronounced \ad.mi\. assis is at rank #3,237, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.si\.
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 7356, this pair ranks #423,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of admis vs assis
Shared letters: ais. Private to "admis": dm. Private to "assis": -.
"admis" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "assis" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admis" for "assis" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "admis" or "assis" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "admis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admis" and "assis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admis vs Artis". 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 #423,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.