asservsassuraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#40,606
“asser” frequency rank
#34,425
“assura” frequency rank
75031
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature asser assura
Definition Bâton, gaule, perche, barre, barreau. Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe assurer.

Letter map: asser vs assura

Shared letters muted; letters that set asser and assura apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
asser
6 ch
assura

Part-of-speech tell for asser / assura

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: asser is anoun and assuraaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

asser is recorded at frequency rank #40,606, classified as anoun. assura is at rank #34,425, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.sy.ʁa\.

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 75031, this pair ranks #35,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of asser vs assura

Shared letters: ars. Private to "asser": e. Private to "assura": u.

"asser" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "assura" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • asseraser · asesr · asserr · assre · saser
  • assuraassrua · assuar · assurra · asusra · sasura

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "asser" and "assura" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "asser" is a noun and "assura" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "asser" or "assura"?
"assura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,425 in our French list, against #40,606 for "asser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "asser" and "assura". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "asser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "assura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "asser" and "assura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "asser vs astor". 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 #35,328 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