Asmodeus
/ˌæz.məˈdiː.əs/
"asmodeus" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Asmodeus” is uncommon English (frequency #94,539 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,539
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The king of demons in Jewish tradition, and thought to represent lust in Christian demonology.
Corpus desk
Index EN-asmodeus · Asmodeus · English
Asmodeus · rank #94,539 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,539
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH ashman
Nearest frequency peer: ashman (-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 “Asmodeus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ascorbate
ascorbate
5,466 corpus weight
- Ashbrook
Ashbrook
5,465 corpus weight
- Ashlyn
Ashlyn
5,464 corpus weight
- ashman
ashman
5,463 corpus weight
- Asmodeus
Asmodeus
5,462 corpus weight
- assertively
assertively
5,461 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Asmodeus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asmodeus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌæz.məˈdiː.əs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Asmodeus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Asmodeus is uncommon English at frequency #94,539 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌæz.məˈdiː.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The king of demons in Jewish tradition, and thought to represent lust in Christian demonology.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Asmodeus in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἀσμοδαῖος (Asmodaîos). Believed to ultimately come from an unattested Avestan *𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (*aēṣ̌madaēuua, from a compound of 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬀 (aēšəma, “wrath”) + 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (daēuua, “demon”)). Doublet of Ashmedai: a borrowing fr… The correct English form is Asmodeus, spelled A-S-M-O-D-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1The king of demons in Jewish tradition, and thought to represent lust in Christian demonology.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀσμοδαῖος (Asmodaîos). Believed to ultimately come from an unattested Avestan *𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (*aēṣ̌madaēuua, from a compound of 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬀 (aēšəma, “wrath”) + 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (daēuua, “demon”)). Doublet of Ashmedai: a borrowing from Hebrew.
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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