assassination
/əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
"assassination" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“assassination” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #9,283 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,283
- frequency rank, English
- 13
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assassination |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #9,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “assassination” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for assassination is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,283 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for assassination, with forms such as "asassination", "asasssination", and "assasination". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From assassinate + -ion. The correct English form is assassination, spelled A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
Etymology
From assassinate + -ion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asassination,asasssination,assasination,assasisnation,assassiantion,assassinaiton,assassinasion,assassinatino,assassinationn,assassinatoin,assassinattion,assassinnation,assassintaion,assassniation,asssasination,sasassination
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assassination - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “assassination”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.