wassup
/wəˈsʌp/
"wassup" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wassup” is uncommon English (frequency #61,211 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,211
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - what's up? (as a greeting)
Corpus desk
Index EN-wassup · wassup · English
wassup · rank #61,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,211
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH washcloth
Nearest frequency peer: washcloth (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “wassup”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- WAFL
WAFL
38,794 corpus weight
- waft
waft
38,793 corpus weight
- washcloth
washcloth
38,791 corpus weight
- wassup
wassup
38,790 corpus weight
- waypoint
waypoint
38,788 corpus weight
- webby
webby
38,787 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “wassup” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “wassup” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wassup is uncommon English at frequency #61,211 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /wəˈsʌp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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