Which to use
“assois” and “assoit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,288
- “assois” frequency rank
- #22,490
- “assoit” frequency rank
- 54778
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assois | assoit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe asseoir (ou assoir). | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe asseoir (ou assoir). |
Same sound, different letters: assois vs assoit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. assois and assoit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - assois / assoit
This is the hard kind. assois and assoit are pronounced identically (\a.swa\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “assois” becomes t in “assoit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54778, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assois is recorded at frequency rank #32,288, classified as averb, pronounced \a.swa\. assoit is at rank #22,490, 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 54778, this pair ranks #131,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assois vs assoit
Shared letters: aios. Private to "assois": -. Private to "assoit": t.
"assois" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "assoit" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assois" for "assoit" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"assois" and "assoit" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "assois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assoit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assois" and "assoit" 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 #131,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.