Which to use
“rassurer” and “rassurez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,431
- “rassurer” frequency rank
- #16,223
- “rassurez” frequency rank
- 22654
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rassurer | rassurez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Redonner l’assurance, rendre la confiance, la tranquillité, le sentiment de sécurité. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rassurer. |
Same sound, different letters: rassurer vs rassurez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rassurer and rassurez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: rassurer vs rassurez
This is the hard kind. rassurer and rassurez are pronounced identically (\ʁa.sy.ʁe\) 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 “rassurer” becomes z in “rassurez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rassurer is recorded at frequency rank #6,431, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.sy.ʁe\. rassurez is at rank #16,223, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.sy.ʁe\.
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 22654, this pair ranks #356,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rassurer vs rassurez
Shared letters: aersu. Private to "rassurer": -. Private to "rassurez": z.
"rassurer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "rassurez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rassurer" for "rassurez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rassurer" vs "rassurez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"rassurer" and "rassurez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rassurer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rassurez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rassurer" and "rassurez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rassurent vs rassurez". 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 #356,820 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.