Which to use
“assesseur” and “assesseurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,732
- “assesseur” frequency rank
- #47,164
- “assesseurs” frequency rank
- 94896
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assesseur | assesseurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui détermine l’assiette d’une taxe ou d’un impôt. | Pluriel de assesseur. |
Same sound, different letters: assesseur vs assesseurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. assesseur runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against assesseurs's 10 (VCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - assesseur / assesseurs
This is the hard kind. assesseur and assesseurs are pronounced identically (\a.se.sœʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “assesseur” sits inside “assesseurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94896, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assesseur is recorded at frequency rank #47,732, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.se.sœʁ\. assesseurs is at rank #47,164, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.se.sœʁ\.
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 94896, this pair ranks #1,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of assesseur vs assesseurs
Shared letters: aersu. Private to "assesseur": -. Private to "assesseurs": -.
"assesseur" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "assesseurs" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- assesseur ← asesseur · asessseur · assesesur · asseseur · assesseru · assesseurr · assessuer · assseseur
- assesseurs ← asesseurs · asessseurs · assesesurs · asseseurs · assesserus · assesseurrs · assesseurss · assesseusr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "assesseur" and "assesseurs" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "assesseur" or "assesseurs"?
What to do next
"assesseur" and "assesseurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "assesseur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assesseurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assesseur" and "assesseurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ascenseurs vs assesseurs". 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 #1,356 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.