Which to use
“assemblée” is a noun and “assembler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #914
- “assemblée” frequency rank
- #17,878
- “assembler” frequency rank
- 18792
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assemblée | assembler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réunion d’un certain nombre de personnes dans un même lieu. | Mettre ensemble. |
Same sound, different letters: assemblée vs assembler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: assemblée vs assembler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assemblée and assembler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.sɑ̃.ble\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18792, 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\. 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 18792, this pair ranks #376,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of assemblée vs assembler
Shared letters: abelms. Private to "assemblée": é. Private to "assembler": r.
"assemblée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVV · "assembler" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- assembler ← asembler · asesmbler · assebmler · assembbler · assembelr · assemblerr · assembller · assemblre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "assemblée" and "assembler" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "assemblée" or "assembler"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "assemblée" / "assembler". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "assemblée" 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 #376,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assemblée" and "assembler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assemblent vs assembler". 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 #376,559 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.