Asgard
/ˈæsˌɡɑɹd/
"asgard" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Asgard” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,877
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The realm of the Æsir gods.
Corpus desk
Index EN-asgard · Asgard · English
Asgard · rank #36,877 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,877
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Asahi
Nearest frequency peer: Asahi (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Asgard”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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arraignment
63,128 corpus weight
- arsehole
arsehole
63,127 corpus weight
- Arvind
Arvind
63,126 corpus weight
- Asahi
Asahi
63,125 corpus weight
- Asgard
Asgard
63,124 corpus weight
- astrologer
astrologer
63,123 corpus weight
What this shows “Asgard” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asgard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæsˌɡɑɹd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Asgard”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Asgard (IPA /ˈæsˌɡɑɹd/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,877 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Asgard, with forms such as "agsard", "asagrd", and "asgadr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "award", "Assad", "agar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Old Norse Ásgarðr. Agartha may be a corruption of this. The correct English form is Asgard, spelled A-S-G-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1The realm of the Æsir gods.
- 2A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Asgard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The gods built themselves castles in Asgard, and halls that shone with gold. It is recorded that there were twelve such heavenly palaces, but the poems differ from each other in describing them.
So, for instance, when the giant Hrungnir became tediously drunk and boastful, it was Freyja who, of all the Æsir in Asgard, was bold enough to keep serving him drink, but equally it was she whom he threatened to take away with him.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Ásgarðr. Agartha may be a corruption of this.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agsard
- asagrd
- asgadr
- asgardd
- asgarrd
- asggard
- asgrad
- assgard
- sagard
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Asgard - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Asgard", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).