assortiesvsassortisWhich spelling fits?

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“assorties” and “assortis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,812
“assorties” frequency rank
#29,646
“assortis” frequency rank
65458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature assorties assortis
Definition Féminin pluriel de assorti. Masculin pluriel de assorti.

Same sound, different letters: assorties vs assortis

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

9 ch
assorties
8 ch
assortis

Same sound, different spelling - assorties / assortis

This is the hard kind. assorties and assortis are pronounced identically (\a.sɔʁ.ti\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

assorties is recorded at frequency rank #35,812, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.sɔʁ.ti\. assortis is at rank #29,646, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.sɔʁ.ti\.

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 65458, this pair ranks #72,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of assorties vs assortis

Shared letters: aiorst. Private to "assorties": e. Private to "assortis": -.

"assorties" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC  ·  "assortis" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • assortiesasorties · asosrties · assorites · assorrties · assorteis · assortiess · assortise · assortties
  • assortisasortis · asosrtis · assorits · assorrtis · assortiss · assortsi · assorttis · assotris

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "assorties" for "assortis" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.sɔʁ.ti\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "assorties" vs "assortis" - which ranks higher?
"assortis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,646 in our French list, against #35,812 for "assorties". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "assorties" / "assortis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "assorties" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "assortis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "assorties" and "assortis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assois vs assortis". 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 #72,249 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list