Which to use
“assiette” and “assiettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,948
- “assiette” frequency rank
- #13,106
- “assiettes” frequency rank
- 19054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assiette | assiettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière d’être assis, sis ou placé, assise. | Pluriel de assiette. |
Same sound, different letters: assiette vs assiettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. assiette runs 8 letters (VCCVVCCV) against assiettes's 9 (VCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: assiette vs assiettes
This is the hard kind. assiette and assiettes are pronounced identically (\a.sjɛt\) 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) - “assiette” sits inside “assiettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assiette is recorded at frequency rank #5,948, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.sjɛt\. assiettes is at rank #13,106, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.sjɛt\.
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 19054, this pair ranks #375,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of assiette vs assiettes
Shared letters: aeist. Private to "assiette": -. Private to "assiettes": -.
"assiette" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV · "assiettes" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "assiette" and "assiettes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "assiette" or "assiettes"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "assiette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assiettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assiette" and "assiettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assiégés vs assiettes". 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 #375,280 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.