Which to use
“rassemblé” and “ressembles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,456
- “rassemblé” frequency rank
- #23,347
- “ressembles” frequency rank
- 36803
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rassemblé | ressembles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de rassembler. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ressembler. |
Where the eye mixes rassemblé and ressembles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses rassemblé with ressembles
A purely visual mix-up. rassemblé (\ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\) and ressembles (\ʁə.sɑ̃bl\) 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 36803, 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\. ressembles is at rank #23,347, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃bl\.
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 36803, this pair ranks #267,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rassemblé vs ressembles
Shared letters: belmrs. Private to "rassemblé": aé. Private to "ressembles": -.
"rassemblé" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "ressembles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ressembles ← erssembles · resembles · resesmbles · ressebmles · ressembbles · ressembels · ressembless · ressemblles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rassemblé" for "ressembles" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rassemblé" or "ressembles"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rassemblé" and "ressembles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rassemblé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ressembles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rassemblé" and "ressembles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ressemblais vs ressembles". 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 #267,014 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.