rassemblévsrassembléeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#13,456
“rassemblé” frequency rank
#29,505
“rassemblée” frequency rank
42961
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rassemblé rassemblée
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de rassembler. Participe passé féminin singulier de rassembler.

Same sound, different letters: rassemblé vs rassemblée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. rassemblé runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against rassemblée's 10 (CVCCVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
rassemblé
10 ch
rassemblée

Same sound, different spelling - rassemblé / rassemblée

This is the hard kind. rassemblé and rassemblée are pronounced identically (\ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rassemblé” sits inside “rassemblée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rassemblé is recorded at frequency rank #13,456, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\. 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 42961, this pair ranks #221,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rassemblé vs rassemblée

Shared letters: abelmrsé. Private to "rassemblé": -. Private to "rassemblée": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rassemblé" and "rassemblée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "rassemblé" vs "rassemblée" - which ranks higher?
"rassemblé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,456 in our French list, against #29,505 for "rassemblée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "rassemblé" / "rassemblée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rassemblé" 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 #221,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rassemblé" and "rassemblée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rassembla vs rassemblée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #221,652 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