assemblevsassemblerWhat's the difference?

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.

8 ch
assemble
9 ch
assembler

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

  • assembleasemble · asesmble · assebmle · assembble · assembel · assemblle · assemlbe · assemmble
  • assemblerasembler · asesmbler · assebmler · assembbler · assembelr · assemblerr · assembller · assemblre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "assemble" for "assembler" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.sɑ̃bl\ versus \a.sɑ̃.ble\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "assemble" or "assembler"?
"assembler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,878 in our French list, against #25,889 for "assemble". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list