asesino

[aseˈsino]

/[aseˈsino]/ adj

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The verdict

“asesino” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,610
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que asesina o ha asesinado, en especial si lo tiene por hábito, inclinación u oficio.

Corpus desk

Index ES-asesino · asesino · Spanish

asesino · rank #3,610 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,610
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH arco

Nearest frequency peer: arco (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “asesino”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “asesino” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

asesino vs Avelino
57% similar
asesino vs asesinos
88% similar
asesino vs asedio
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for asesino
PropertyValue
Headwordasesino
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[aseˈsino]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,610
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “asesino”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.asesinocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “arco” (#3,609), “asiento” (#3,611), “asumir” (#3,612). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “asesino” va en #3,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around asesino (IPA [aseˈsino]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,610 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for asesino, with forms such as "acecino", "aessino", and "aseisno". 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. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Avelino", "asesinos", "asedio", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is asesino, spelled A-S-E-S-I-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que asesina o ha asesinado, en especial si lo tiene por hábito, inclinación u oficio.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, que causa o manifiesta la intención de causar daño.
  3. 3
    Propio de, relativo o perteneciente a una secta religiosa ismaelita de los musulmanes shiítas, activa entre los siglos VIII y XIII en el mundo árabe y enfrentada a la dinastía selyúcida.
  4. 4
    El que engaña a quien se fía de él.

Synonyms

homicidaagresivohostilviolentonizarí

This word in other languages

murderer(English)meurtrier(Français)Mörder(Deutsch)homicida(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acecino
  • aessino
  • aseisno
  • asesinno
  • asesion
  • asesnio
  • asessino
  • asseino
  • assesino
  • saesino

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asesino - 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.

acecino2aessino2aseisno2asesinno1asesion2asesnio2asessino1asseino2
Edit distance from "asesino"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asesino"?
"asesino" is spelled A-S-E-S-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aseˈsino].
What does "asesino" mean?
As an adjective, "asesino" means: Que asesina o ha asesinado, en especial si lo tiene por hábito, inclinación u oficio.
What words are commonly confused with "asesino"?
"asesino" is commonly confused with "Avelino", "asesinos", "asedio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "asesino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asesino" is [aseˈsino]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asesino" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "asesino", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

asiento#3,611acusado#3,605cuentos#3,620suprema#3,594

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

adecuada10 variantsvengan10 variantscumbre10 variantsfirmado10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list