asymmetrical
/ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtɹɪk(ə)l/adjective
asymmetrical is spelled A-S-Y-M-M-E-T-R-I-C-A-L. The wrong spelling people search most is assymetrical: about 120 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 24 of all searches for the word. Asymmetrical is an adjective meaning “Not symmetrical”.
How many letters and syllables are in asymmetrical?
| Letters | 12: A-S-Y-M-M-E-T-R-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,150th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, assymetrical, about 120 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell asymmetrical?
Asymmetrical is spelled A-S-Y-M-M-E-T-R-I-C-A-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 24 of the searches for asymmetrical in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is asymmetrical?
Asymmetrical appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th 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 asymmetrical?
- /ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtɹɪk(ə)l/
Asymmetrical has 5 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)-Sapaa-asymmetrical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of asymmetrical
- more asymmetrical comparative
- most asymmetrical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does asymmetrical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not symmetrical.
- 2
Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Asymmetrical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not symmetrical:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | asymétrique |
| German | asymmetrisch |
| Portuguese | assimétrico |
| Spanish | asimétrico |
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 asymmetrical come from?
From a- + symmetrical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).