Asyl

/[aˈzyːl]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,242

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Asyl is aGermannoun. It means: Unterkunft für Personen ohne eigene Wohnung Pronounced [aˈzyːl]. It ranks #5,242 in German word frequency. Often confused with ay and Aye.

Key facts for Asyl
PropertyValue
HeadwordAsyl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈzyːl]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,242
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Asyl in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Asyl is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈzyːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,242 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Asyl, with forms such as "asly", "assyl", and "asyll". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ay", "Aye", "Axel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Asyl, spelled A-S-Y-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unterkunft für Personen ohne eigene Wohnung
  2. 2
    Ort oder Gebäude, wo Schutz gegen Verfolgung, Rache, Abschiebung oder Ähnliches gewährt wird
  3. 3
    Schutz (insbesondere vor politischer Verfolgung), der an einem bestimmten Ort oder in einem bestimmten Gebiet gewährt wird, indem die verfolgte Person sich dort aufhalten darf

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asly,assyl,asyll,asyyl,aysl,sayl

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Asyl

Misspelling Variants of "Asyl"

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Misspelling Variants of "Asyl"

Frequency rank: #5,242 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Asyl"?
"Asyl" is spelled A-S-Y-L. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈzyːl].
What does "Asyl" mean?
As a noun, "Asyl" means: Unterkunft für Personen ohne eigene Wohnung
What words are commonly confused with "Asyl"?
"Asyl" is commonly confused with "ay", "Aye", "Axel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Asyl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Asyl" is [aˈzyːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Asyl" come from?
"Asyl" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.