aspire
/əˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
"aspire" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aspire” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,572. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,572
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aspire · aspire · English
aspire · rank #15,572 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,572
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH apprenticeship
Nearest frequency peer: apprenticeship (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “aspire”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- aperture
aperture
84,432 corpus weight
- apprentices…
apprenticeship
84,430 corpus weight
- aspire
aspire
84,429 corpus weight
- benches
benches
84,428 corpus weight
- biodiversity
biodiversity
84,427 corpus weight
- biomedical
biomedical
84,426 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “aspire” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | aspire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aspire” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around aspire (IPA /əˈspaɪə(ɹ)/), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,572 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for aspire, with forms such as "apsire", "asipre", and "aspier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "assure", "attire", "aspirin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō (“breathe on; approach; desire”). The correct English form is aspire, spelled A-S-P-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
- 2To go as high as, to reach the top of (something).
- 3To move upward; to be very tall.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aspire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to aspire to / for / after / to do something; to aspire that something happens
He aspires to become a successful doctor.
Etymology
From Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō (“breathe on; approach; desire”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apsire
- asipre
- aspier
- aspirre
- asppire
- asprie
- asspire
- sapire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aspire - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aspire", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "aspire" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "assure". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,572 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.