assembléesvsassemblésConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#9,432
“assemblées” frequency rank
#23,767
“assemblés” frequency rank
33199
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature assemblées assemblés
Definition Pluriel de assemblée. Masculin pluriel de assemblé.

Same sound, different letters: assemblées vs assemblés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. assemblées runs 10 letters (VCCVCCCVVC) against assemblés's 9 (VCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
assemblées
9 ch
assemblés

Homophone desk: assemblées vs assemblés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assemblées and assemblés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.sɑ̃.ble\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, 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 33199, 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\. 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 33199, this pair ranks #292,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of assemblées vs assemblés

Shared letters: abelmsé. Private to "assemblées": -. Private to "assemblés": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "assemblées" for "assemblés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "assemblées" is a noun and "assemblés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "assemblées" vs "assemblés" - which ranks higher?
"assemblées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,432 in our French list, against #23,767 for "assemblés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "assemblées" 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 #292,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "assemblées" and "assemblés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assemblent vs assemblés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #292,222 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