Which to use
“assumer” and “assumez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,466
- “assumer” frequency rank
- #44,872
- “assumez” frequency rank
- 49338
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assumer | assumez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prendre pour soi un acte ou une réalité qui vient de soi et qui est difficile à accepter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assumer. |
Same sound, different letters: assumer vs assumez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. assumer and assumez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - assumer / assumez
This is the hard kind. assumer and assumez 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 differ by a single letter - r in “assumer” becomes z in “assumez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assumer is recorded at frequency rank #4,466, classified as averb, pronounced \a.sy.me\. assumez is at rank #44,872, 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 49338, this pair ranks #171,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assumer vs assumez
Shared letters: aemsu. Private to "assumer": r. Private to "assumez": z.
"assumer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "assumez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assumer" for "assumez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "assumer" or "assumez" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "assumer" / "assumez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "assumer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assumez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assumer" and "assumez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allumez vs assumez". 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 #171,520 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.