Asem
"asem" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Asem” is uncommon English (frequency #97,807 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,807
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Meitei surname from Manipuri
Corpus desk
Index EN-asem · Asem · English
Asem · rank #97,807 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,807
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH asea
Nearest frequency peer: asea (-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 “Asem”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 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
- attune
attune
2,189 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Asem” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asem |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Asem” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Asem is uncommon English at frequency #97,807 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Meitei surname from Manipuri".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Asem, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Manipuri ꯑꯁꯦꯝ (ʼasem). The correct English form is Asem, spelled A-S-E-M.
Definition
- 1A Meitei surname from Manipuri
Etymology
From Manipuri ꯑꯁꯦꯝ (ʼasem).
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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