character assassination
"character-assassination" is a 22-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“character assassination” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | character assassination |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “character assassination” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
character assassination is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for character assassination in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is character assassination, spelled C-H-A-R-A-C-T-E-R- -A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-R-A-C-T-E-R- -A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.