Which to use
“assumé” is an adjective and “assura” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,107
- “assumé” frequency rank
- #34,425
- “assura” frequency rank
- 47532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assumé | assura |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui agit de façon responsable, en connaissance de cause. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe assurer. |
Where the eye mixes assumé and assura
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. assumé and assura follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: assumé vs assura
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: assumé is \a.sy.me\ while assura is \a.sy.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47532, 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\. assura is at rank #34,425, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.sy.ʁa\.
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 47532, this pair ranks #186,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assumé vs assura
Shared letters: asu. Private to "assumé": mé. Private to "assura": r.
"assumé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "assura" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- assura ← assrua · assuar · assurra · asusra · sasura
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assumé" for "assura" ever safe?
Which is more common, "assumé" or "assura"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "assumé" and "assura" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "assumé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assumé" and "assura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assura vs assures". 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 #186,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.