# asunder

> English word · Adverb · IPA /əˈsʌndə/ · frequency rank #46,915

## Definitions
1. Into separate parts or pieces.

## Etymology
From Middle English asunder, asondre, onsunder, on sondre, from Old English asundran, onsundrum (“asunder, apart, privately”), from Proto-Germanic *sunder, *sundraz. Equivalent to a- + sunder. Cognate with Danish sønder, Swedish sönder, Dutch zonder, German sonder, Icelandic sundur, Faroese sundur and Norwegian sunder/sønder; akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐍉 (sundrō).

## Easily confused with
- **Arundel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arundel-vs-asunder)

## Common misspellings (10)
`asnuder`, `assunder`, `asudner`, `asundder`, `asunderr`, `asundre`, `asunedr`, `asunnder`, `ausnder`, `saunder`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/asunder