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Which to use

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

#29,505
“rassemblée” frequency rank
#23,347
“ressembles” frequency rank
52852
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rassemblée ressembles
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de rassembler. Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ressembler.

Where the eye mixes rassemblée and ressembles

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

10 ch
rassemblée
10 ch
ressembles

Visual trap between rassemblée and ressembles

A purely visual mix-up. rassemblée (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rassemblée is recorded at frequency rank #29,505, 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 52852, this pair ranks #144,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rassemblée vs ressembles

Shared letters: belmrs. Private to "rassemblée": . Private to "ressembles": -.

"rassemblée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV  ·  "ressembles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ressembleserssembles · resembles · resesmbles · ressebmles · ressembbles · ressembels · ressembless · ressemblles

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rassemblée" and "ressembles" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\ versus \ʁə.sɑ̃bl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rassemblée" or "ressembles"?
"ressembles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,347 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "rassemblée" and "ressembles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rassemblée" 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 #144,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rassemblée" and "ressembles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rassembla vs rassemblée". 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 #144,810 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