Asean
The verdict
“Asean” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #48,344 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #48,344
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Association des nations du Sud-Est asiatique.
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 | Asean |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Asean” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Asean is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #48,344 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Association des nations du Sud-Est asiatique.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Asean, with forms such as "aesan", "asaen", and "aseann". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ASN", "Asia", "aven", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Asean, spelled A-S-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1Association des nations du Sud-Est asiatique.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aesan,asaen,aseann,asena,assean,saean
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Asean - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Asean”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-S-E-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “ASN” - see the side-by-side comparison. Asean vs ASN
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.