Ashanti
/əˈʃɑːntiː/
"ashanti" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ashanti” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #36,040 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #36,040
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of a nation and ethnic group of Akan origin, found mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ashanti |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈʃɑːntiː/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ashanti” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Ashanti is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈʃɑːntiː/. Corpus data places it at rank #36,040 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A member of a nation and ethnic group of Akan origin, found mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ashanti, with forms such as "ahsanti", "asahnti", and "ashanit". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Twi asànté. The correct English form is Ashanti, spelled A-S-H-A-N-T-I.
Definition
- 1A member of a nation and ethnic group of Akan origin, found mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Etymology
From Twi asànté.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahsanti,asahnti,ashanit,ashannti,ashantti,ashatni,ashhanti,ashnati,asshanti,sahanti
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ashanti - 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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Using “Ashanti”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-H-A-N-T-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈʃɑːntiː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.