assortment
/əˈsɔːtmənt/noun
assortment is spelled A-S-S-O-R-T-M-E-N-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, assortment means “A collection of varying but related items” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of assortment is assortments.
How many letters and syllables are in assortment?
| Letters | 10: A-S-S-O-R-T-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is assortment?
Assortment appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce assortment?
- UK /əˈsɔːtmənt/
Assortment has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-assortment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of assortment
- assortments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does assortment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A collection of varying but related items.
This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Assortment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense collection of varying but related items:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | assortiment |
| German | Auswahl, Sortiment, ausgewählte Zusammenstellung |
| Portuguese | sortimento |
| Spanish | surtido |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does assortment come from?
From assort + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).