ASEAN
[ˈaːzean]
The verdict
“ASEAN” is uncommon German (frequency #70,009 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,009
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1967 gegründeter Verband südostasiatischer Nationen
Corpus desk
Index DE-asean · ASEAN · German
ASEAN · rank #70,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,009
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Aruba
Nearest frequency peer: Aruba (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ASEAN“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Arschbacken
Arschbacken
29,997 corpus weight
- Arschkriech…
Arschkriecher
29,996 corpus weight
- Aruba
Aruba
29,994 corpus weight
- ASEAN
ASEAN
29,992 corpus weight
- asphaltiert…
asphaltierten
29,990 corpus weight
- assimilieren
assimilieren
29,989 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ASEAN“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ASEAN“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ASEAN is uncommon German at frequency #70,009 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [ˈaːzean]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ASEAN appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit ASEAN ist zudem ein Bund entstanden, der manche drohende bewaffnete Auseinandersetzung im Südosten Asiens verhindert hat – wie etwa die Grenzkonflikte zwischen Thailand und Kambodscha zeigen.“
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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