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Which to use

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

#29,505
“rassemblée” frequency rank
#29,519
“ressemblez” frequency rank
59024
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes rassemblée and ressemblez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. rassemblée (CVCCVCCCVV) and ressemblez (CVCCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
rassemblée
10 ch
ressemblez

Look-alike desk: rassemblée vs ressemblez

A purely visual mix-up. rassemblée (\ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\) and ressemblez (\ʁə.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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59024, 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\. ressemblez is at rank #29,519, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.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 59024, this pair ranks #105,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rassemblée vs ressemblez

Shared letters: belmrs. Private to "rassemblée": aé. Private to "ressemblez": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ressemblez ← erssemblez · resemblez · resesmblez · ressebmlez · ressembblez · ressembelz · ressemblezz · ressembllez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rassemblée" for "ressemblez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\ versus \ʁə.sɑ̃.ble\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rassemblée" or "ressemblez"?
"rassemblée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,505 in our French list, against #29,519 for "ressemblez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rassemblée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ressemblez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rassemblée" and "ressemblez" 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 #105,529 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