assignation
/æsɪɡˈneɪʃən/
"assignation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“assignation” is an uncommon English word, ranked #87,036 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #87,036
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assignation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /æsɪɡˈneɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “assignation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for assignation is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /æsɪɡˈneɪʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #87,036 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for assignation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English assignacioun, from Old French assignacion, from Latin assīgnātiō. The correct English form is assignation, spelled A-S-S-I-G-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
- 2The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
- 3A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
Etymology
From Middle English assignacioun, from Old French assignacion, from Latin assīgnātiō.
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 “assignation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-S-I-G-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /æsɪɡˈneɪʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.