assembléesvsassemblerTell them apart

Quick tell: assemblées is a noun, assembler is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“assemblées” is a noun and “assembler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,432
“assemblées” frequency rank
#17,878
“assembler” frequency rank
27310
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature assemblées assembler
Definition Pluriel de assemblée. Mettre ensemble.

Same sound, different letters: assemblées vs assembler

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

10 ch
assemblées
9 ch
assembler

Homophone desk: assemblées vs assembler

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assemblées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

assemblées is recorded at frequency rank #9,432, 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 27310, this pair ranks #329,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of assemblées vs assembler

Shared letters: abelms. Private to "assemblées": é. Private to "assembler": r.

"assemblées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVC  ·  "assembler" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • assemblerasembler · asesmbler · assebmler · assembbler · assembelr · assemblerr · assembller · assemblre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "assemblées" and "assembler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "assemblées" is a noun and "assembler" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "assemblées" vs "assembler" - which ranks higher?
"assemblées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,432 in our French list, against #17,878 for "assembler". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"assemblées" and "assembler" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "assemblées" 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 #329,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "assemblées" 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 #329,794 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