Which to use
“assimilée” is a noun and “assimilées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,645
- “assimilée” frequency rank
- #37,667
- “assimilées” frequency rank
- 67312
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assimilée | assimilées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui fait partie d’une catégorie du personnel sans en avoir le titre. | Féminin pluriel de assimilé. |
Same sound, different letters: assimilée vs assimilées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. assimilée runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVV) against assimilées's 10 (VCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - assimilée / assimilées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assimilée and assimilées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.si.mi.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “assimilée” sits inside “assimilées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67312, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assimilée is recorded at frequency rank #29,645, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.si.mi.le\. assimilées is at rank #37,667, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.si.mi.le\.
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 67312, this pair ranks #63,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of assimilée vs assimilées
Shared letters: aeilmsé. Private to "assimilée": -. Private to "assimilées": -.
"assimilée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV · "assimilées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assimilée" for "assimilées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "assimilée" or "assimilées" show up more?
What to do next
"assimilée" and "assimilées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "assimilée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assimilées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assimilée" and "assimilées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assimilées vs assimilent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #63,950 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.