Which to use
“assiégé” is a verb and “assiégés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,476
- “assiégé” frequency rank
- #30,907
- “assiégés” frequency rank
- 61383
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assiégé | assiégés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe assiéger. | Masculin pluriel de assiégé. |
Same sound, different letters: assiégé vs assiégés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. assiégé runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against assiégés's 8 (VCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - assiégé and assiégés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assiégé and assiégés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.sje.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “assiégé” sits inside “assiégés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61383, 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\. assiégés is at rank #30,907, tagged as anadj, 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 61383, this pair ranks #92,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of assiégé vs assiégés
Shared letters: agisé. Private to "assiégé": -. Private to "assiégés": -.
"assiégé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "assiégés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "assiégé" and "assiégés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "assiégé" vs "assiégés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "assiégé" / "assiégés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "assiégé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assiégés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assiégé" and "assiégés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assidue vs assiégé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #92,574 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.