assize
/əˈsaɪz/
"assize" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“assize” is an uncommon English word, ranked #79,274 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,274
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assize |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈsaɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “assize” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for assize is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈsaɪz/. Corpus data places it at rank #79,274 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for assize in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere. The correct English form is assize, spelled A-S-S-I-Z-E.
Definition
- 1A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
- 2The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
- 3An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.
- 4A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
- 5Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
- 6A measure, dimension, or size.
Etymology
From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere.
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 “assize”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-S-S-I-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.