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

#6,547
“rassembler” frequency rank
#26,840
“rassemblez” frequency rank
33387
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rassembler rassemblez
Definition Assembler de nouveau des personnes, des bêtes ou des choses qui étaient dispersées. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rassembler.

Same sound, different letters: rassembler vs rassemblez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. rassembler and rassemblez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
rassembler
10 ch
rassemblez

Homophone desk: rassembler vs rassemblez

This is the hard kind. rassembler and rassemblez 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 a single letter - r in “rassembler” becomes z in “rassemblez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rassembler is recorded at frequency rank #6,547, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.sɑ̃.ble\. rassemblez is at rank #26,840, 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 33387, this pair ranks #290,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rassembler vs rassemblez

Shared letters: abelmrs. Private to "rassembler": -. Private to "rassemblez": z.

"rassembler" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC  ·  "rassemblez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rassembler ← arssembler · rasembler · rasesmbler · rassebmler · rassembbler · rassembelr · rassemblerr · rassembller
  • rassemblez ← arssemblez · rasemblez · rasesmblez · rassebmlez · rassembblez · rassembelz · rassemblezz · rassembllez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rassembler" for "rassemblez" ever safe?
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: "rassembler" vs "rassemblez" - which ranks higher?
"rassembler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,547 in our French list, against #26,840 for "rassemblez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rassembler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rassemblez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #290,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rassembler" and "rassemblez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rassembla vs rassemblez". 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 #290,977 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