Which to use
“assemblée” and “assemblées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #914
- “assemblée” frequency rank
- #9,432
- “assemblées” frequency rank
- 10346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assemblée | assemblées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réunion d’un certain nombre de personnes dans un même lieu. | Pluriel de assemblée. |
Same sound, different letters: assemblée vs assemblées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. assemblée runs 9 letters (VCCVCCCVV) against assemblées's 10 (VCCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - assemblée / assemblées
This is the hard kind. assemblée and assemblées are pronounced identically (\a.sɑ̃.ble\) 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) - “assemblée” sits inside “assemblées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10346, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assemblée is recorded at frequency rank #914, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.sɑ̃.ble\. assemblées is at rank #9,432, tagged as anoun, 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 10346, this pair ranks #413,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of assemblée vs assemblées
Shared letters: abelmsé. Private to "assemblée": -. Private to "assemblées": -.
"assemblée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVV · "assemblées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "assemblée" and "assemblées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "assemblée" or "assemblées"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "assemblée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assemblées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assemblée" and "assemblées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assemblées vs assemblent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #413,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.