Which to use
“ASCII” and “asti” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,585
- “ASCII” frequency rank
- #38,655
- “asti” frequency rank
- 85240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ASCII | asti |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | Variante de astic. |
Where the eye mixes ASCII and asti
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ASCII runs 5 letters (VCCVV) against asti's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ASCII vs asti
A purely visual mix-up. ASCII (\as.ki\) and asti (\as.ti\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85240, 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\. asti is at rank #38,655, tagged as anoun, pronounced \as.ti\.
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 85240, this pair ranks #11,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ASCII vs asti
Shared letters: ais. Private to "ASCII": c. Private to "asti": t.
"ASCII" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "asti" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ASCII" and "asti" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ASCII" or "asti" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ASCII" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "asti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ASCII" and "asti" 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 #11,661 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.