ase vs at, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#43,779
“ase” frequency rank: #4,122
“at” frequency rank: 47901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ase	at
Definition	Plante herbacée vivace de la famille des Apiaceae, dont l’espèce la plus connue est l’ase fétide (Ferula assa-foetida).	Ancien nom de l’attier, qui a peut-être été importé à la Réunion par les Malbars et les Tamouls ; ce nom était particulièrement fréquent au Sénégal.

Where the eye mixes ase and at

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch

ase

2 ch

Why the eye confuses ase with at

A purely visual mix-up. ase (\az\) and at (\at\) 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 47901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ase is recorded at frequency rank #43,779, classified as anoun, pronounced \az\. at is at rank #4,122, tagged as anoun, pronounced \at\.

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 47901, this pair ranks #183,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ase vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "ase": es. Private to "at": t.

"ase" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ase" for "at" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (\az\ versus \at\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

In ordinary French text, does "ase" or "at" show up more?

"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,122 in our French list, against #43,779 for "ase". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "ase" and "at" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "ase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #183,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ase" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ase vs aves". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #183,251 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.