assemblentvsassemblésTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#48,345
“assemblent” frequency rank
#23,767
“assemblés” frequency rank
72112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature assemblent assemblés
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assembler. Masculin pluriel de assemblé.

Where the eye mixes assemblent and assemblés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

10 ch
assemblent
9 ch
assemblés

Look-alike desk: assemblent vs assemblés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: assemblent is \a.sɑ̃bl\ while assemblés is \a.sɑ̃.ble\. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

assemblent is recorded at frequency rank #48,345, classified as averb, pronounced \a.sɑ̃bl\. 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 72112, this pair ranks #45,153 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of assemblent vs assemblés

Shared letters: abelms. Private to "assemblent": nt. Private to "assemblés": é.

"assemblent" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCC  ·  "assemblés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • assemblentasemblent · asesmblent · assebmlent · assembblent · assembelnt · assemblennt · assemblentt · assembletn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "assemblent" for "assemblés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "assemblent" is a verb and "assemblés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "assemblent" or "assemblés"?
"assemblés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,767 in our French list, against #48,345 for "assemblent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "assemblent" 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 #45,153 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "assemblent" and "assemblés" 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 #45,153 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