Aswan
/asˈwɑːn/
"aswan" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aswan” is uncommon English (frequency #61,287 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,287
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A governorate in southern Egypt.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aswan · Aswan · English
Aswan · rank #61,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,287
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Asura
Nearest frequency peer: Asura (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Aswan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- aryl
aryl
38,719 corpus weight
- Asano
Asano
38,718 corpus weight
- Asura
Asura
38,715 corpus weight
- Aswan
Aswan
38,714 corpus weight
- Athabasca
Athabasca
38,713 corpus weight
- attentional
attentional
38,711 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Aswan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aswan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /asˈwɑːn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Aswan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Aswan is uncommon English at frequency #61,287 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /asˈwɑːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Aswan in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic أسوان (Aswān), itself borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw, s-wn:n-nw:W-T11:niwt. The correct English form is Aswan, spelled A-S-W-A-N.
Definition
- 1A governorate in southern Egypt.
- 2The capital of Aswan governorate, Egypt.
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic أسوان (Aswān), itself borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw, s-wn:n-nw:W-T11:niwt.
This word in other languages
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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