Which to use
“assembler” is a verb and “assemblés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,878
- “assembler” frequency rank
- #23,767
- “assemblés” frequency rank
- 41645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assembler | assemblés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre ensemble. | Masculin pluriel de assemblé. |
Same sound, different letters: assembler vs assemblés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - assembler and assemblés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assembler and assemblés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.sɑ̃.ble\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 41645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assembler is recorded at frequency rank #17,878, classified as averb, 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 41645, this pair ranks #231,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assembler vs assemblés
Shared letters: abelms. Private to "assembler": r. Private to "assemblés": é.
"assembler" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC · "assemblés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- assembler ← asembler · asesmbler · assebmler · assembbler · assembelr · assemblerr · assembller · assemblre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "assembler" and "assemblés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "assembler" or "assemblés"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "assembler" / "assemblés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "assembler" 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 #231,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assembler" and "assemblés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assemblent vs assemblés". 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 #231,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.