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

#48,748
“rassembla” frequency rank
#29,505
“rassemblée” frequency rank
78253
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rassembla rassemblée
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rassembler. Participe passé féminin singulier de rassembler.

Where the eye mixes rassembla and rassemblée

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

9 ch
rassembla
10 ch
rassemblée

Why the eye confuses rassembla with rassemblée

A purely visual mix-up. rassembla (\ʁa.sɑ̃.bla\) and rassemblée (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78253, 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\. rassemblée is at rank #29,505, 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 78253, this pair ranks #26,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rassembla vs rassemblée

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

"rassembla" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV  ·  "rassemblée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rassembla" and "rassemblée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
In ordinary French text, does "rassembla" or "rassemblée" show up more?
"rassemblée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,505 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.

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 "rassembla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rassemblée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rassembla" and "rassemblée" 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 #26,239 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