ASBO
/ˈæzbəʊ/
"asbo" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ASBO” is uncommon English (frequency #97,804 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,804
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anti-Social Behaviour Order.
Corpus desk
Index EN-asbo · ASBO · English
ASBO · rank #97,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,804
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Arps
Nearest frequency peer: Arps (-2 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 “ASBO”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- aridity
aridity
2,201 corpus weight
- Arps
Arps
2,199 corpus weight
- ASBO
ASBO
2,197 corpus weight
- asea
asea
2,195 corpus weight
- Asem
Asem
2,194 corpus weight
- Aspinwall
Aspinwall
2,193 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ASBO” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ASBO |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæzbəʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ASBO” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ASBO is uncommon English at frequency #97,804 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæzbəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ASBO doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is ASBO, spelled A-S-B-O.
Definition
- 1Anti-Social Behaviour Order.
- 2One who has been issued with the above legal order.
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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