assurance
as·sur·ance/əˈʃʊɹəns/noun
assurance is spelled A-S-S-U-R-A-N-C-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (as·sur·ance). It appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, assurance means “The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of assurance is assurances.
How many letters and syllables are in assurance?
| Letters | 9: A-S-S-U-R-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: as·sur·ance |
| In writing | 6.5 times per million words; the 9,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is assurance?
Assurance appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd 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 assurance?
- /əˈʃɔːɹəns/
- /əˈʃʊəɹəns/
- US /əˈʃʊɹəns/
Assurance has 3 syllables, split as·sur·ance in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-assurance.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with assurance?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as assurance from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹəns/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of assurance
- assurances plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does assurance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
- 2
The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.
- 3
Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.
- 4
Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
His assurance is intolerable.
- 5
obsoleteBetrothal; affiance.
- 6
Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
- 7
Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
- 8
Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Assurance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Zusicherung, Versicherung, Zusage, Beteuerung, Vergewisserung, Zuspruch |
| Portuguese | asseguração , garantia, assegurado , segurança , seguro |
| Spanish | aseguramiento , aplomo, aseguranza |
| French | assurance , culot |
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 assurance come from?
From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).