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Which to use

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

#48,748
“rassembla” frequency rank
#12,234
“rassemblés” frequency rank
60982
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes rassembla and rassemblés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. rassembla runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against rassemblés's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
rassembla
10 ch
rassemblés

Why the eye confuses rassembla with rassemblés

A purely visual mix-up. rassembla (\ʁa.sɑ̃.bla\) and rassemblés (\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 60982, 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\. rassemblés is at rank #12,234, 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 60982, this pair ranks #94,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rassembla vs rassemblés

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

"rassembla" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV  ·  "rassemblés" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rassembla ← arssembla · rasembla · rasesmbla · rassebmla · rassembal · rassembbla · rassemblla · rassemlba

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rassembla" for "rassemblés" 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 "rassemblés" - which ranks higher?
"rassemblés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,234 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.

Useful next steps

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 "rassemblés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rassembla" and "rassemblés" 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 #94,731 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