Which to use
“ASCII” is a noun and “assis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,585
- “ASCII” frequency rank
- #3,237
- “assis” frequency rank
- 49822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ASCII | assis |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | Placé sur son séant. |
Where the eye mixes ASCII and assis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ASCII (VCCVV) and assis (VCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: ASCII vs assis
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ASCII is \as.ki\ while assis is \a.si\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49822, 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\. 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 49822, this pair ranks #167,616 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ASCII vs assis
Shared letters: ais. Private to "ASCII": c. Private to "assis": -.
"ASCII" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "assis" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ASCII" for "assis" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "ASCII" or "assis" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ASCII" and "assis" 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 "assis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,616 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ASCII" and "assis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ASC vs ASCII". 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 #167,616 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.