ASEAN
[ˈaːzean]
The verdict
“ASEAN” is an uncommon German word, ranked #70,009 in German word frequency and used as an abbreviation.
- #70,009
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1967 gegründeter Verband südostasiatischer Nationen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ASEAN |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈaːzean] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ASEAN” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ASEAN is 5 letters long, classified as an abbreviation, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaːzean]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,009 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "1967 gegründeter Verband südostasiatischer Nationen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ASEAN, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ASEAN, spelled A-S-E-A-N.
Definition
- 11967 gegründeter Verband südostasiatischer Nationen
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ASEAN”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-S-E-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaːzean] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.