# assembly

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈsɛmb.lɪ/ · frequency rank #2,425

## Definitions
1. A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
2. The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
3. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
4. A legislative body.
5. A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
6. Ellipsis of assembly language.
7. A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.

## Etymology
From Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee (Old French asemblee, French assemblée). By surface analysis, assemble + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **assemble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assemble-vs-assembly)
- **assembled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assembled-vs-assembly)
- **assembler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assembler-vs-assembly)

## Common misspellings (11)
`asembly`, `asesmbly`, `assebmly`, `assembbly`, `assemblly`, `assemblyy`, `assembyl`, `assemlby`, `assemmbly`, `assmebly`, `sasembly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/assembly