Which to use
“assiégé” is a verb and “assiégée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,476
- “assiégé” frequency rank
- #27,322
- “assiégée” frequency rank
- 57798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assiégé | assiégée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe assiéger. | Femme assiégée. |
Same sound, different letters: assiégé vs assiégée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. assiégé runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against assiégée's 8 (VCCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: assiégé vs assiégée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assiégé and assiégée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.sje.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “assiégé” sits inside “assiégée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assiégé is recorded at frequency rank #30,476, classified as averb, pronounced \a.sje.ʒe\. assiégée is at rank #27,322, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.sje.ʒe\.
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 57798, this pair ranks #112,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assiégé vs assiégée
Shared letters: agisé. Private to "assiégé": -. Private to "assiégée": e.
"assiégé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "assiégée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "assiégé" and "assiégée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "assiégé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assiégée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assiégé" and "assiégée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assidue vs assiégé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #112,908 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.