aisesvsasserTell them apart

Which to use

“aises” and “asser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,636
“aises” frequency rank
#40,606
“asser” frequency rank
82242
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aises asser
Definition Pluriel de aise. Bâton, gaule, perche, barre, barreau.

Letter map: aises vs asser

Shared letters muted; letters that set aises and asser apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. aises (VVCVC) and asser (VCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
aises
5 ch
asser

Pair insight - aises / asser

aises and asser are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aises is recorded at frequency rank #41,636, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛz\. 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 82242, this pair ranks #17,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aises vs asser

Shared letters: aes. Private to "aises": i. Private to "asser": r.

"aises" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC  ·  "asser" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aises ← aisess · aisse · aisses · asies · iases
  • asser ← aser · asesr · asserr · assre · saser

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aises" and "asser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "aises" vs "asser" - which ranks higher?
"asser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,606 in our French list, against #41,636 for "aises". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "aises" and "asser". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aises" 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 #17,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aises" and "asser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aises vs aves". 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 #17,107 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