Which to use
“essayent” and “essayer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,376
- “essayent” frequency rank
- #963
- “essayer” frequency rank
- 14339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | essayent | essayer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de essayer. | Mettre à l’essai ; vérifier le bon fonctionnement. |
Where the eye mixes essayent and essayer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. essayent runs 8 letters (VCCVVVCC) against essayer's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between essayent and essayer
A purely visual mix-up. essayent (\e.sɛj\) and essayer (\e.se.je\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
essayent is recorded at frequency rank #13,376, classified as averb, pronounced \e.sɛj\. essayer is at rank #963, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.se.je\.
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 14339, this pair ranks #397,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of essayent vs essayer
Shared letters: aesy. Private to "essayent": nt. Private to "essayer": r.
"essayent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC · "essayer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "essayent" and "essayer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "essayent" vs "essayer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "essayent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "essayer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "essayent" and "essayer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "essayent vs essuyant". 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 #397,118 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.