asylum
The verdict
“asylum” is uncommon German (frequency #51,932 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,932
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ort, an dem Verbrechern und Bedürftigen Schutz gewährt wird; Asyl, Freistätte, Zufluchtsstätte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asylum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asylum” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
asylum is uncommon German at frequency #51,932 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ort, an dem Verbrechern und Bedürftigen Schutz gewährt wird; Asyl, Freistätte, Zufluchtsstätte".
asylum has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 asylum, spelled A-S-Y-L-U-M.
Definition
- 1Ort, an dem Verbrechern und Bedürftigen Schutz gewährt wird; Asyl, Freistätte, Zufluchtsstätte
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 “asylum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-S-Y-L-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.