Asaf
/ˈeɪ.sæf/
"asaf" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Asaf” is uncommon English (frequency #92,351 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,351
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Hebrew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-asaf · Asaf · English
Asaf · rank #92,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,351
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH artless
Nearest frequency peer: artless (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Asaf”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ARPANET
ARPANET
7,654 corpus weight
- Artaxerxes
Artaxerxes
7,653 corpus weight
- artless
artless
7,651 corpus weight
- Asaf
Asaf
7,650 corpus weight
- aspartic
aspartic
7,648 corpus weight
- Atterbury
Atterbury
7,646 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Asaf” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asaf |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪ.sæf/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #92,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Asaf” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Asaf is uncommon English at frequency #92,351 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈeɪ.sæf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Hebrew.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Asaf in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: A variant of Asaph. The correct English form is Asaf, spelled A-S-A-F.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Hebrew.
Etymology
A variant of Asaph.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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