assemble
/əˈsɛm.bəl/
"assemble" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“assemble” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,182
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To put together.
Corpus desk
Index EN-assemble · assemble · English
assemble · rank #12,182 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,182
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH approximate
Nearest frequency peer: approximate (-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 “assemble”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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87,820 corpus weight
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87,819 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “assemble” 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 | assemble |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈsɛm.bəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “assemble” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around assemble (IPA /əˈsɛm.bəl/), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,182 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for assemble, with forms such as "asemble", "asesmble", and "assebmle". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "assembly", "assembled", "assembler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).… The correct English form is assemble, spelled A-S-S-E-M-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1To put together.
- 2To gather as a group.
- 3To translate from assembly language to machine code.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how assemble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He assembled the model ship.
The handman reads copy and assembles type by hand, including straight composition, tables and display.
Etymology
From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asemble
- asesmble
- assebmle
- assembble
- assembel
- assemblle
- assemlbe
- assemmble
- assmeble
- sasemble
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assemble - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "assemble", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "assemble" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "assembly". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,182 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.