subassembly
noun
subassembly is spelled S-U-B-A-S-S-E-M-B-L-Y: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, subassembly means “An assembly that is assembled with others to form a larger assembly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of subassembly is subassemblies.
How many letters and syllables are in subassembly?
| Letters | 11: S-U-B-A-S-S-E-M-B-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is subassembly?
Subassembly appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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 subassembly?
Subassembly has 4 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).
Forms of subassembly
- subassemblies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does subassembly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An assembly that is assembled with others to form a larger assembly.
Holonyms: superassembly, supercomposite
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does subassembly come from?
From sub- + assembly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).