assemblywoman

noun

"assemblywoman" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“assemblywoman” is uncommon English (frequency #80,204 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,204
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female member of an assembly.

Corpus desk

Index EN-assemblywoman · assemblywoman · English

assemblywoman · rank #80,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,204
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH assignable

Nearest frequency peer: assignable (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “assemblywoman”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “assemblywoman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for assemblywoman
PropertyValue
Headwordassemblywoman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#80,204
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “assemblywoman” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).assemblywomanfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “assignable” (#80,205), “arnica” (#80,201), “astrophotography” (#80,207). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “assemblywoman” is #80,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

assemblywoman is uncommon English at frequency #80,204 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for assemblywoman, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From assembly + -woman. The correct English form is assemblywoman, spelled A-S-S-E-M-B-L-Y-W-O-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female member of an assembly.
  2. 2
    A member of the lower house of certain US state legislatures.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how assemblywoman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The women were also subjected to “stories of his escapades with prostitutes, strip clubs, affairs with assemblywomen and massages with ‘happy endings,’ ” according to a letter that the lawyer, Johnny G. Destino, sent to Mr. Silver on Thursday.
  2. A state assemblywoman from suburban Buffalo was punished on Wednesday after an ethics investigation found that she had had a sexual relationship with a staff member in her office, then retaliated against him when he complained about her behavior.

Etymology

From assembly + -woman.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assemblywoman"?
"assemblywoman" is spelled A-S-S-E-M-B-L-Y-W-O-M-A-N.
What does "assemblywoman" mean?
As a noun, "assemblywoman" means: A female member of an assembly.
What is the origin of the word "assemblywoman"?
From assembly + -woman. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "assemblywoman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list