life assurance
"life-assurance" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“life assurance” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An insurance policy that pays out on death (or on certain other conditions).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | life assurance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “life assurance” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
life assurance is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An insurance policy that pays out on death (or on certain other conditions).".
life assurance doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From life + assurance. The correct English form is life assurance, spelled L-I-F-E- -A-S-S-U-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1An insurance policy that pays out on death (or on certain other conditions).
Etymology
From life + assurance.
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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Using “life assurance”
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- The one correct English spelling is L-I-F-E- -A-S-S-U-R-A-N-C-E - 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.