ASAP

\a.sap\

/\a.sap\/ adv

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The verdict

“ASAP” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,445. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,445
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dès que possible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-asap · ASAP · French

ASAP · rank #45,445 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,445
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Arsenault

Nearest frequency peer: Arsenault (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ASAP »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ASAP » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

ASAP vs ATP
50% similar
ASAP vs ass
0% similar
ASAP vs asm
0% similar

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

Key facts for ASAP
PropertyValue
HeadwordASAP
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\a.sap\
Letters4
Frequency rank#45,445
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ASAP »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ASAPse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Arsenault » (#45,444), « ASC » (#45,446), « arrêterons » (#45,443). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ASAP » est au #45,445. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around ASAP (IPA \a.sap\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #45,445 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dès que possible.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ASAP, with forms such as "aasp", "asapp", and "aspa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ATP", "ass", "asm", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ASAP, spelled A-S-A-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dès que possible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ASAP appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Besoin d’une mise à niveau ASAP.
  2. Envoie-moi les documents ASAP.

Synonyms

au plus tôtaussitôt que possible

This word in other languages

ASAP(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aasp
  • asapp
  • aspa
  • assap
  • saap

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ASAP - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aasp2asapp1aspa2assap1saap2
Edit distance from "ASAP"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ASAP"?
"ASAP" is spelled A-S-A-P. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sap\.
What does "ASAP" mean?
As an adverb, "ASAP" means: Dès que possible.
What words are commonly confused with "ASAP"?
"ASAP" is commonly confused with "ATP", "ass", "asm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ASAP"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ASAP" is \a.sap\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ASAP" come from?
"ASAP" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aris#45,442AIEA#45,423bias#45,472Wien#45,381

Similar misspelling depth

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

across5 variantsvola5 variantssepa5 variantsegan5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list