Which to use
“assistés” and “autistes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,924
- “assistés” frequency rank
- #18,124
- “autistes” frequency rank
- 39048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assistés | autistes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de assisté. | Pluriel de autiste. |
Where the eye mixes assistés and autistes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. assistés (VCCVCCVC) and autistes (VVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses assistés with autistes
A purely visual mix-up. assistés (\a.sis.te\) and autistes (\o.tist\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39048, 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\. autistes is at rank #18,124, tagged as anadj, pronounced \o.tist\.
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 39048, this pair ranks #250,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assistés vs autistes
Shared letters: aist. Private to "assistés": é. Private to "autistes": eu.
"assistés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "autistes" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- autistes ← atuistes · auitstes · autisets · autisstes · autistess · autistse · autisttes · autitses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assistés" for "autistes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "assistés" or "autistes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "assistés" and "autistes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "assistés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assistés" and "autistes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assistés 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 #250,888 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.