ASN

\a.ɛs.ɛn\

/\a.ɛs.ɛn\/ name

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The verdict

“ASN” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #31,826) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#31,826
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organisme administratif français indépendant qui assure les missions de contrôle de la sûreté nucléaire et de la radioprotection.

Corpus desk

Index FR-asn · ASN · French

ASN · rank #31,826 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,826
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH artisanaux

Nearest frequency peer: artisanaux (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « ASN »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « ASN » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

ASN vs au
0% similar
ASN vs at
0% similar
ASN vs av
0% similar

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

Key facts for ASN
PropertyValue
HeadwordASN
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.ɛs.ɛn\
Letters3
Frequency rank#31,826
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « ASN »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « artisanaux » (#31,825), « asperges » (#31,827), « arrogante » (#31,824). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ASN » est au #31,826. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ASN is neighbouring look-alikes ("au", "at", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced \a.ɛs.ɛn\. Frequency #31,826 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Organisme administratif français indépendant qui assure les missions de contrôle de la sûreté nucléaire et de la radioprotection.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ASN, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "at", "av", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists 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 ASN, spelled A-S-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organisme administratif français indépendant qui assure les missions de contrôle de la sûreté nucléaire et de la radioprotection.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L'autorité de sûreté nucléaire confirme nos informations : la construction du réacteur nucléaire de Flamanville est à l'arrêt pour cause de matériel défaillant. Mais il y a pire : selon un rapport de l'ASN, ce matériel est utilisé dans d'autres centrales. Au mépris de la sécurité des salariés.

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 "ASN"?
"ASN" is spelled A-S-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ɛs.ɛn\.
What does "ASN" mean?
As a proper noun, "ASN" means: Organisme administratif français indépendant qui assure les missions de contrôle de la sûreté nucléaire et de la radioprotection.
What words are commonly confused with "ASN"?
"ASN" is commonly confused with "au", "at", "av". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ASN"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ASN" is \a.ɛs.ɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ASN" come from?
"ASN" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ath#31,830aye#31,835AMG#31,816BMX#31,851

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list