Which to use
“assurent” and “assurons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,785
- “assurent” frequency rank
- #42,166
- “assurons” frequency rank
- 49951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assurent | assurons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assurer. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assurer. |
Where the eye mixes assurent and assurons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. assurent and assurons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between assurent and assurons
A purely visual mix-up. assurent (\a.syʁ\) and assurons (\a.sy.ʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assurent is recorded at frequency rank #7,785, classified as averb, pronounced \a.syʁ\. assurons is at rank #42,166, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.sy.ʁɔ̃\.
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 49951, this pair ranks #166,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assurent vs assurons
Shared letters: anrsu. Private to "assurent": et. Private to "assurons": o.
"assurent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "assurons" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assurent" for "assurons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "assurent" vs "assurons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "assurent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assurons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assurent" and "assurons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assures vs assurons". 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 #166,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.