Which to use
“assimilée” is a noun and “assimilés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,645
- “assimilée” frequency rank
- #17,879
- “assimilés” frequency rank
- 47524
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assimilée | assimilés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui fait partie d’une catégorie du personnel sans en avoir le titre. | Masculin pluriel de assimilé. |
Same sound, different letters: assimilée vs assimilés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. assimilée (VCCVCVCVV) and assimilés (VCCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - assimilée and assimilés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assimilée and assimilés 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 a single letter - e in “assimilée” becomes s in “assimilés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47524, 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\. assimilés is at rank #17,879, 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 47524, this pair ranks #186,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assimilée vs assimilés
Shared letters: ailmsé. Private to "assimilée": e. Private to "assimilés": -.
"assimilée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV · "assimilés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assimilée" for "assimilés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "assimilée" vs "assimilés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"assimilée" and "assimilés" 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 "assimilés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assimilée" and "assimilés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assimilée vs assimilent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #186,288 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.