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

#9,782
“assemblage” frequency rank
#28,838
“assemblages” frequency rank
38620
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature assemblage assemblages
Definition Action d’assembler ou résultat de cette action. Pluriel de assemblage.

Same sound, different letters: assemblage vs assemblages

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.

10 ch
assemblage
11 ch
assemblages

Ear matches; page differs - assemblage and assemblages

This is the hard kind. assemblage and assemblages are pronounced identically (\a.sɑ̃.blaʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “assemblage” sits inside “assemblages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

assemblage is recorded at frequency rank #9,782, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.sɑ̃.blaʒ\. assemblages is at rank #28,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.sɑ̃.blaʒ\.

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 38620, this pair ranks #254,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of assemblage vs assemblages

Shared letters: abeglms. Private to "assemblage": -. Private to "assemblages": -.

"assemblage" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCV  ·  "assemblages" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • assemblageasemblage · asesmblage · assebmlage · assembalge · assembblage · assemblaeg · assemblagge · assemblgae
  • assemblagesasemblages · asesmblages · assebmlages · assembalges · assembblages · assemblaegs · assemblagess · assemblagges

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "assemblage" for "assemblages" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.sɑ̃.blaʒ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "assemblage" or "assemblages" show up more?
"assemblage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,782 in our French list, against #28,838 for "assemblages". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "assemblage" / "assemblages". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "assemblage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "assemblages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #254,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "assemblage" and "assemblages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assemblages vs assemblés". 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 #254,001 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list