Wasim
"wasim" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Wasim” is uncommon English (frequency #62,613 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,613
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Arabic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wasim · Wasim · English
Wasim · rank #62,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,613
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Wareham
Nearest frequency peer: Wareham (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Wasim”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- wakefulness
wakefulness
37,393 corpus weight
- Walworth
Walworth
37,392 corpus weight
- Wareham
Wareham
37,390 corpus weight
- Wasim
Wasim
37,388 corpus weight
- whaler
whaler
37,383 corpus weight
- whatevs
whatevs
37,382 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Wasim” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wasim |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Wasim” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Wasim is uncommon English at frequency #62,613 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Arabic.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Wasim, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Ultimately from Arabic وَسِيم (wasīm, literally “handsome, graceful”). The correct English form is Wasim, spelled W-A-S-I-M.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Arabic.
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic وَسِيم (wasīm, literally “handsome, graceful”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).