assessment

[ɘˈsesmɘnt]

/[ɘˈsesmɘnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“assessment” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,433
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schätzung, Taxierung

Corpus desk

Index DE-assessment · assessment · German

assessment · rank #31,433 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,433
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Artemis

Nearest frequency peer: Artemis (-1 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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „assessment“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „assessment“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for assessment
PropertyValue
Headwordassessment
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɘˈsesmɘnt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,433
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „assessment“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).assessmentliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Artemis“ (#31,432), „Assimilation“ (#31,434), „archer“ (#31,431). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „assessment“ bei #31,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around assessment (IPA [ɘˈsesmɘnt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,433 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for assessment, with forms such as "asessment", "asesssment", and "assesment". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is assessment, spelled A-S-S-E-S-S-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schätzung, Taxierung
  2. 2
    Festsetzung, Bemessung
  3. 3
    Einschätzung, Beurteilung, Abwägung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how assessment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. What's your assessment of the situation
  2. Risk assessment of life insurance contracts

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asessment
  • asesssment
  • assesment
  • assesmsent
  • assessemnt
  • assessmennt
  • assessmentt
  • assessmetn
  • assessmment
  • assessmnet
  • asssesment
  • aßeßment
  • sasessment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assessment - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asessment1asesssment2assesment1assesmsent2assessemnt2assessmennt1assessmentt1assessmetn2
Edit distance from "assessment"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assessment"?
"assessment" is spelled A-S-S-E-S-S-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɘˈsesmɘnt].
What does "assessment" mean?
As a noun, "assessment" means: Schätzung, Taxierung
What are common misspellings of "assessment"?
Common misspellings include "asessment", "asesssment", "assesment", "assesmsent", "assessemnt". The correct spelling is "assessment".
How do you pronounce "assessment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assessment" is [ɘˈsesmɘnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assessment" come from?
"assessment" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "assessment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aufwändige#31,437appelliert#31,427angeeignet#31,422auszulegen#31,445

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

aufrechte13 variantsBadeanzug13 variantsBarkeeper13 variantsBasilikum13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list