Asheville

name

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"asheville" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Asheville” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,662. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,662
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.

Corpus desk

Index EN-asheville · Asheville · English

Asheville · rank #24,662 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,662
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH artistry

Nearest frequency peer: artistry (-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 “Asheville”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Asheville” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Asheville
PropertyValue
HeadwordAsheville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,662
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Asheville”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Ashevillelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “artistry” (#24,661), “assuring” (#24,663), “atrium” (#24,664). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Asheville” is #24,662. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Asheville, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,662 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A city, the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Asheville, with forms such as "ahseville", "asehville", and "asheivlle". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Ashe + -ville, named after Samuel Ashe. The correct English form is Asheville, spelled A-S-H-E-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Asheville appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The recovery is still a work in progress, given the deadly storm’s massive impact on people across Western North Carolina and its devastation of two popular Asheville neighborhoods — the RAD (“rad”), as locals call it, and nearby Biltmore Village.

Etymology

From Ashe + -ville, named after Samuel Ashe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahseville
  • asehville
  • asheivlle
  • ashevile
  • ashevilel
  • ashevlile
  • ashevville
  • ashheville
  • ashveille
  • assheville
  • saheville

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Asheville - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ahseville2asehville2asheivlle2ashevile1ashevilel2ashevlile2ashevville1ashheville1
Edit distance from "Asheville"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Asheville"?
"Asheville" is spelled A-S-H-E-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Asheville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Asheville" means: A city, the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.
What are common misspellings of "Asheville"?
Common misspellings include "ahseville", "asehville", "asheivlle", "ashevile", "ashevilel". The correct spelling is "Asheville".
What is the origin of the word "Asheville"?
From Ashe + -ville, named after Samuel Ashe. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Asheville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list