Which to use
“assemble” and “assembler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,889
- “assemble” frequency rank
- #17,878
- “assembler” frequency rank
- 43767
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assemble | assembler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe assembler. | Mettre ensemble. |
Where the eye mixes assemble and assembler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: assemble vs assembler
A purely visual mix-up. assemble (\a.sɑ̃bl\) and assembler (\a.sɑ̃.ble\) 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 extra letter(s) - “assemble” sits inside “assembler”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assemble is recorded at frequency rank #25,889, classified as averb, pronounced \a.sɑ̃bl\. assembler is at rank #17,878, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.sɑ̃.ble\.
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 43767, this pair ranks #215,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assemble vs assembler
Shared letters: abelms. Private to "assemble": -. Private to "assembler": r.
"assemble" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV · "assembler" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assemble" for "assembler" ever safe?
Which is more common, "assemble" or "assembler"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "assemble" and "assembler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "assemble" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assembler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assemble" and "assembler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assemble vs assemblent". 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 #215,572 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.