assistance
/əˈsɪs.təns/
The verdict
“assistance” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,518 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,518
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ayuda, auxilio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-assistance · assistance · Spanish
assistance · rank #72,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,518
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 120,137
- PHOTO-FINISH asolada
Nearest frequency peer: asolada (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “assistance”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- arruinaría
arruinaría
27,487 corpus weight
- asediados
asediados
27,486 corpus weight
- asolada
asolada
27,484 corpus weight
- assistance
assistance
27,483 corpus weight
- astrales
astrales
27,482 corpus weight
- atravesados
atravesados
27,480 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “assistance” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assistance |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈsɪs.təns/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “assistance” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
assistance is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,518 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈsɪs.təns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ayuda, auxilio.".
assistance doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is assistance, spelled A-S-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Ayuda, auxilio.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "assistance", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.