Which to use
“assemblée” is a noun and “assemblent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #914
- “assemblée” frequency rank
- #48,345
- “assemblent” frequency rank
- 49259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assemblée | assemblent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réunion d’un certain nombre de personnes dans un même lieu. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assembler. |
Where the eye mixes assemblée and assemblent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses assemblée with assemblent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: assemblée is \a.sɑ̃.ble\ while assemblent is \a.sɑ̃bl\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49259, 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\. assemblent is at rank #48,345, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.sɑ̃bl\.
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 49259, this pair ranks #172,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assemblée vs assemblent
Shared letters: abelms. Private to "assemblée": é. Private to "assemblent": nt.
"assemblée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVV · "assemblent" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- assemblent ← asemblent · asesmblent · assebmlent · assembblent · assembelnt · assemblennt · assemblentt · assembletn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assemblée" for "assemblent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "assemblée" or "assemblent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "assemblée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assemblent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assemblée" and "assemblent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assemblent vs assimilent". 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 #172,098 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.