Which to use
“assura” is a verb and “assuré” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,425
- “assura” frequency rank
- #3,181
- “assuré” frequency rank
- 37606
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assura | assuré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe assurer. | Qui est sûr, qui met en sûreté. |
Where the eye mixes assura and assuré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. assura and assuré follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between assura and assuré
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: assura is \a.sy.ʁa\ while assuré is \a.sy.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “assura” becomes é in “assuré”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37606, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assura is recorded at frequency rank #34,425, classified as averb, pronounced \a.sy.ʁa\. assuré is at rank #3,181, 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 37606, this pair ranks #261,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assura vs assuré
Shared letters: arsu. Private to "assura": -. Private to "assuré": é.
"assura" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "assuré" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- assura ← assrua · assuar · assurra · asusra · sasura
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "assura" and "assuré" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "assura" vs "assuré" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "assura" and "assuré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "assura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assuré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assura" and "assuré" 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 #261,307 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.