assumévsassumerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: assumé is a adjective, assumer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“assumé” is an adjective and “assumer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,107
“assumé” frequency rank
#4,466
“assumer” frequency rank
17573
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature assumé assumer
Definition Qui agit de façon responsable, en connaissance de cause. Prendre pour soi un acte ou une réalité qui vient de soi et qui est difficile à accepter.

Same sound, different letters: assumé vs assumer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

6 ch
assumé
7 ch
assumer

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: assumé and assumer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.sy.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

assumé is recorded at frequency rank #13,107, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.sy.me\. assumer is at rank #4,466, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.sy.me\.

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 17573, this pair ranks #382,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of assumé vs assumer

Shared letters: amsu. Private to "assumé": é. Private to "assumer": er.

"assumé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "assumer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • assumerassmuer · assuemr · assumerr · assummer · assumre · asumer · asusmer · sasumer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "assumé" and "assumer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "assumé" is an adjective and "assumer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "assumé" or "assumer"?
"assumer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,466 in our French list, against #13,107 for "assumé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list