asesino
[aseˈsino]
The verdict
“asesino” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,610 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,610
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que asesina o ha asesinado, en especial si lo tiene por hábito, inclinación u oficio.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asesino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aseˈsino] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asesino” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for asesino is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aseˈsino]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,610 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Que asesina o ha asesinado, en especial si lo tiene por hábito, inclinación u oficio.
- 2Por extensión, que causa o manifiesta la intención de causar daño.
- 3Propio 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.
- 4El que engaña a quien se fía de él.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “asesino”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-S-E-S-I-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aseˈsino] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Avelino” - see the side-by-side comparison. asesino vs Avelino
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.