Assamese
"assamese" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Assamese” is uncommon English (frequency #68,830 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,830
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.
Corpus desk
Index EN-assamese · Assamese · English
Assamese · rank #68,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,830
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH asymptotically
Nearest frequency peer: asymptotically (+3 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 “Assamese”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- anesthetized
anesthetized
31,180 corpus weight
- anodized
anodized
31,177 corpus weight
- anoxic
anoxic
31,176 corpus weight
- Assamese
Assamese
31,171 corpus weight
- asymptotica…
asymptotically
31,168 corpus weight
- auk
auk
31,164 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Assamese” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Assamese |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Assamese” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Assamese is uncommon English at frequency #68,830 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Assamese in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Assam + -ese. The correct English form is Assamese, spelled A-S-S-A-M-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.
- 2In or relating to its majority people's Indo-Aryan language.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Assamese appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Only three in five Assamese (citizens of Assam) are linguistic Assamese.
Etymology
From Assam + -ese.
This word in other languages
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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