Rasmussen
"rasmussen" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rasmussen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,564
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rasmussen · Rasmussen · English
Rasmussen · rank #24,564 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,564
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH redneck
Nearest frequency peer: redneck (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Rasmussen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- quail
quail
75,441 corpus weight
- quirk
quirk
75,440 corpus weight
- rabid
rabid
75,439 corpus weight
- Rasmussen
Rasmussen
75,437 corpus weight
- redneck
redneck
75,436 corpus weight
- reformer
reformer
75,435 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rasmussen” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rasmussen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rasmussen” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Rasmussen, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,564 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rasmussen, with forms such as "arsmussen", "ramsussen", and "rasmmussen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Danish and Norwegian Rasmussen. The correct English form is Rasmussen, spelled R-A-S-M-U-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.
Etymology
From Danish and Norwegian Rasmussen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arsmussen
- ramsussen
- rasmmussen
- rasmsusen
- rasmusen
- rasmusesn
- rasmussenn
- rasmussne
- rassmussen
- rasumssen
- rrasmussen
- rsamussen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rasmussen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- Usage frequency rank #24,564 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.