Which to use
“ASC” and “ASCII” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,446
- “ASC” frequency rank
- #46,585
- “ASCII” frequency rank
- 92031
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ASC | ASCII |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partenariat entre un producteur agricole et un consommateur qui s’engage avant une saison à l’achat hebdomadaire de paniers de légumes. | Norme longtemps utilisée pour le codage des caractères alphanumériques en informatique. À l’origine, utilisant sept bits, l’ASCII permet de représenter 128 caractères, numérotés de 0 à 127 et représentant 32 caractères de contrôle, l'espace et 95 caractères graphiques. L’ASCII dit « étendu » utilise le huitième bit de l’octet pour coder les caractères vernaculaires de 128 à 255, mais existe en plusieurs versions mutuellement incompatibles. L'UTF-8 est une forme d’ASCII dit « étendu » qui peut représenter chacun de ces caractères (voir Unicode). |
Where the eye mixes ASC and ASCII
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ASC runs 3 letters (VCC) against ASCII's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses ASC with ASCII
A purely visual mix-up. ASC (\a.ɛs.se\) and ASCII (\as.ki\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ASC” sits inside “ASCII”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ASC is recorded at frequency rank #45,446, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ɛs.se\. ASCII is at rank #46,585, tagged as anoun, pronounced \as.ki\.
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 92031, this pair ranks #3,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ASC vs ASCII
Shared letters: acs. Private to "ASC": -. Private to "ASCII": i.
"ASC" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "ASCII" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ASCII ← acsii · asccii · asci · asici · asscii · sacii
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ASC" and "ASCII" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "ASC" or "ASCII"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "ASC" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ASCII" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ASC" and "ASCII" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ASC vs aur". 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 #3,327 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.