assuméevsassuréesTell them apart

Quick tell: assumée is a verb, assurées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#22,772
“assumée” frequency rank
#21,244
“assurées” frequency rank
44016
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature assumée assurées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe assumer. Féminin pluriel de assuré.

Where the eye mixes assumée and assurées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. assumée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against assurées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
assumée
8 ch
assurées

Look-alike desk: assumée vs assurées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: assumée is \a.sy.me\ while assurées is \a.sy.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44016, 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\. assurées is at rank #21,244, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.sy.ʁe\.

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 44016, this pair ranks #213,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of assumée vs assurées

Shared letters: aesué. Private to "assumée": m. Private to "assurées": r.

"assumée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "assurées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "assumée" and "assurées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "assumée" is a verb and "assurées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "assumée" or "assurées"?
"assurées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,244 in our French list, against #22,772 for "assumée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "assumée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "assurées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #213,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "assumée" and "assurées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assomme vs assumée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #213,701 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