Which to use
“assumée” and “assumer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,772
- “assumée” frequency rank
- #4,466
- “assumer” frequency rank
- 27238
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assumée | assumer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe assumer. | Prendre pour soi un acte ou une réalité qui vient de soi et qui est difficile à accepter. |
Same sound, different letters: assumée vs assumer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: assumée vs assumer
This is the hard kind. assumée and assumer are pronounced identically (\a.sy.me\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assumée is recorded at frequency rank #22,772, classified as averb, 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 27238, this pair ranks #330,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assumée vs assumer
Shared letters: aemsu. Private to "assumée": é. Private to "assumer": r.
"assumée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "assumer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- assumer ← assmuer · assuemr · assumerr · assummer · assumre · asumer · asusmer · sasumer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "assumée" and "assumer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "assumée" vs "assumer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "assumée" / "assumer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "assumée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assumer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #330,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assumée" and "assumer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assomme vs assumée". 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 #330,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.