Asperger
/ˈæspɜː(ɹ)ɡɚ/
"asperger" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Asperger” is an uncommon English word, ranked #55,247 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #55,247
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from German.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asperger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæspɜː(ɹ)ɡɚ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Asperger” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Asperger is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæspɜː(ɹ)ɡɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #55,247 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A surname from German.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Asperger, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Asperger. The correct English form is Asperger, spelled A-S-P-E-R-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Etymology
From German Asperger.
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 “Asperger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-P-E-R-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæspɜː(ɹ)ɡɚ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.