assemblevsassemblésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: assemble is a verb, assemblés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“assemble” is a verb and “assemblés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,889
“assemble” frequency rank
#23,767
“assemblés” frequency rank
49656
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature assemble assemblés
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe assembler. Masculin pluriel de assemblé.

Where the eye mixes assemble and assemblés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
assemble
9 ch
assemblés

Look-alike desk: assemble vs assemblés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: assemble is \a.sɑ̃bl\ while assemblés is \a.sɑ̃.ble\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49656, 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\. assemblés is at rank #23,767, tagged as anadj, 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 49656, this pair ranks #168,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of assemble vs assemblés

Shared letters: abelms. Private to "assemble": -. Private to "assemblés": é.

"assemble" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCCV  ·  "assemblés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • assembleasemble · asesmble · assebmle · assembble · assembel · assemblle · assemlbe · assemmble

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "assemble" and "assemblés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "assemble" is a verb and "assemblés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "assemble" vs "assemblés" - which ranks higher?
"assemblés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,767 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

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "assemble" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "assemblés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #168,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "assemble" and "assemblés" 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 #168,872 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