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“rassembla” and “rassemblé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,748
“rassembla” frequency rank
#13,456
“rassemblé” frequency rank
62204
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rassembla rassemblé
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rassembler. Participe passé masculin singulier de rassembler.

Where the eye mixes rassembla and rassemblé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
rassembla
9 ch
rassemblé

Look-alike desk: rassembla vs rassemblé

A purely visual mix-up. rassembla (\ʁa.sɑ̃.bla\) and rassemblé (\ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\) 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 - a in “rassembla” becomes é in “rassemblé”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rassembla is recorded at frequency rank #48,748, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.sɑ̃.bla\. rassemblé is at rank #13,456, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\.

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 62204, this pair ranks #88,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rassembla vs rassemblé

Shared letters: abelmrs. Private to "rassembla": -. Private to "rassemblé": é.

"rassembla" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV  ·  "rassemblé" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rassemblaarssembla · rasembla · rasesmbla · rassebmla · rassembal · rassembbla · rassemblla · rassemlba

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rassembla" for "rassemblé" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.sɑ̃.bla\ versus \ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rassembla" vs "rassemblé" - which ranks higher?
"rassemblé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,456 in our French list, against #48,748 for "rassembla". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "rassembla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rassemblé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rassembla" and "rassemblé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rassembla vs rassemblait". 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 #88,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list