Which to use
“ASCII” and “asi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,585
- “ASCII” frequency rank
- #44,870
- “asi” frequency rank
- 91455
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ASCII | asi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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). | Sorte de thé fabriqué à partir des feuilles et des tiges d'une espèce de houx (l'apalachine, Ilex vomitoria) et que les Cherokees appelaient aussi "boisson noire" et qui servait de breuvage rituel. |
Where the eye mixes ASCII and asi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ASCII runs 5 letters (VCCVV) against asi's 3 (VCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses ASCII with asi
A purely visual mix-up. ASCII (\as.ki\) and asi (\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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ASCII is recorded at frequency rank #46,585, classified as anoun, pronounced \as.ki\. asi is at rank #44,870, tagged as anoun, 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 91455, this pair ranks #3,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ASCII vs asi
Shared letters: ais. Private to "ASCII": c. Private to "asi": -.
"ASCII" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "asi" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ASCII ← acsii · asccii · asci · asici · asscii · sacii
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ASCII" and "asi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ASCII" or "asi"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ASCII" and "asi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ASCII" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "asi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ASCII" and "asi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "asi 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 #3,830 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.