Which to use
“assistée” is a noun and “assistez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,396
- “assistée” frequency rank
- #49,498
- “assistez” frequency rank
- 67894
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assistée | assistez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui bénéficie d’une aide. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assister. |
Same sound, different letters: assistée vs assistez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. assistée (VCCVCCVV) and assistez (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: assistée vs assistez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assistée and assistez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.sis.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assistée is recorded at frequency rank #18,396, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.sis.te\. assistez is at rank #49,498, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.sis.te\.
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 67894, this pair ranks #61,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of assistée vs assistez
Shared letters: aeist. Private to "assistée": é. Private to "assistez": z.
"assistée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "assistez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- assistez ← asisstez · asistez · assisetz · assisstez · assistezz · assisttez · assistze · assitsez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assistée" for "assistez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "assistée" or "assistez"?
Useful next steps
"assistée" and "assistez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "assistée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assistez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assistée" and "assistez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assist vs assistez". 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 #61,492 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.