wassup
/wəˈsʌp/
"wassup" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wassup” is an uncommon English word, ranked #61,211 in English word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #61,211
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - what's up? (as a greeting)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wassup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /wəˈsʌp/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wassup” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for wassup is 6 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /wəˈsʌp/. Corpus data places it at rank #61,211 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "what's up? (as a greeting)".
wassup doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is wassup, spelled W-A-S-S-U-P.
Definition
- 1what's up? (as a greeting)
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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Using “wassup”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-A-S-S-U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /wəˈsʌp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.