asylums
/əˈsaɪləmz/
"asylums" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“asylums” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,784 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,784
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of asylum
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asylums |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈsaɪləmz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asylums” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for asylums is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈsaɪləmz/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,784 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of asylum".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for asylums, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is asylums, spelled A-S-Y-L-U-M-S.
Definition
- 1plural of asylum
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 “asylums”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-Y-L-U-M-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈsaɪləmz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.