assortir

To match or coordinate items — colors, clothes, furniture — so they go well together; also used more formally to mean attaching something as a condition (assortir un contrat de garanties, to attach warranties to a contract). The everyday sense is almost always about visual or stylistic pairing.

• Elle assortit toujours son sac à ses chaussures. — She always matches her bag to her shoes.
• Le vendeur nous a conseillé d'assortir les couleurs du salon. — The salesman advised us to coordinate the living room's colors.
• Le contrat est assorti de plusieurs clauses de garantie. — The contract comes with several warranty clauses attached.

Learners often reach for accorder for 'to match,' but assortir is the natural verb specifically for pairing items like clothing, colors, or furniture — accorder is broader and more abstract.

Often confused with accorder.