Which to use
“assurer” and “assures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,019
- “assurer” frequency rank
- #44,311
- “assures” frequency rank
- 45330
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assurer | assures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre stable. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe assurer. |
Where the eye mixes assurer and assures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. assurer and assures follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: assurer vs assures
A purely visual mix-up. assurer (\a.sy.ʁe\) and assures (\a.syʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “assurer” becomes s in “assures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assurer is recorded at frequency rank #1,019, classified as averb, pronounced \a.sy.ʁe\. assures is at rank #44,311, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.syʁ\.
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 45330, this pair ranks #203,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of assurer vs assures
Shared letters: aersu. Private to "assurer": -. Private to "assures": -.
"assurer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "assures" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "assurer" and "assures" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "assurer" or "assures"?
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 "assurer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assurer" and "assures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assumez 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 #203,535 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.