Which to use
“assoir” and “assois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,360
- “assoir” frequency rank
- #32,288
- “assois” frequency rank
- 52648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assoir | assois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | S’appuyer sur son derrière ; poser son séant sur un support. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe asseoir (ou assoir). |
Where the eye mixes assoir and assois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. assoir and assois follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between assoir and assois
A purely visual mix-up. assoir (\a.swaʁ\) and assois (\a.swa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “assoir” becomes s in “assois”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assoir is recorded at frequency rank #20,360, classified as averb, pronounced \a.swaʁ\. assois is at rank #32,288, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.swa\.
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 52648, this pair ranks #146,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assoir vs assois
Shared letters: aios. Private to "assoir": r. Private to "assois": -.
"assoir" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "assois" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "assoir" and "assois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "assoir" or "assois" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "assoir" and "assois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "assoir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assoir" and "assois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Arbois vs assois". 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 #146,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.