rassembléesvsrassemblerTell them apart

Which to use

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

#20,257
“rassemblées” frequency rank
#6,547
“rassembler” frequency rank
26804
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rassemblées rassembler
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de rassembler. Assembler de nouveau des personnes, des bêtes ou des choses qui étaient dispersées.

Same sound, different letters: rassemblées vs rassembler

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. rassemblées runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCCVVC) against rassembler's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
rassemblées
10 ch
rassembler

Same sound, different spelling - rassemblées / rassembler

This is the hard kind. rassemblées and rassembler 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rassemblées is recorded at frequency rank #20,257, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\. rassembler is at rank #6,547, 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 26804, this pair ranks #332,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rassemblées vs rassembler

Shared letters: abelmrs. Private to "rassemblées": é. Private to "rassembler": -.

"rassemblées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVC  ·  "rassembler" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rassembler ← arssembler · rasembler · rasesmbler · rassebmler · rassembbler · rassembelr · rassemblerr · rassembller

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rassemblées" and "rassembler" 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: "rassemblées" vs "rassembler" - which ranks higher?
"rassembler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,547 in our French list, against #20,257 for "rassemblées". 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 "rassemblées" / "rassembler". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rassemblées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rassembler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #332,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rassemblées" and "rassembler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rassembla vs rassembler". 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 #332,767 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