asm
/ˈæz(ə)m/
"asm" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“asm” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #34,384 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,384
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pseudo-acronym of assignment.
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 | asm |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæz(ə)m/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #34,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asm” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for asm is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæz(ə)m/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,384 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pseudo-acronym of assignment.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for asm, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "at", "aw", "AU", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is asm, spelled A-S-M.
Definition
- 1Pseudo-acronym of assignment.
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 “asm”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæz(ə)m/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “at” - see the side-by-side comparison. asm vs at
- 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.