Which to use
“assistés” is an adjective and “assistez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,924
- “assistés” frequency rank
- #49,498
- “assistez” frequency rank
- 70422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assistés | assistez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de assisté. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assister. |
Same sound, different letters: assistés vs assistez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - assistés and assistez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assistés and assistez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.sis.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, 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 70422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assistés is recorded at frequency rank #20,924, classified as anadj, 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 70422, this pair ranks #51,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of assistés vs assistez
Shared letters: aist. Private to "assistés": é. Private to "assistez": ez.
"assistés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "assistez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- assistez ← asisstez · asistez · assisetz · assisstez · assistezz · assisttez · assistze · assitsez
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "assistés" / "assistez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "assistés" 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 #51,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assistés" 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 #51,367 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.