asocial

\a.sɔ.sjal\

/\a.sɔ.sjal\/ adj

The verdict

“asocial” is uncommon French (frequency #59,798 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,798
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n'est pas sociable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-asocial · asocial · French

asocial · rank #59,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,798
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arroyo

Nearest frequency peer: arroyo (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « asocial »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « asocial » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for asocial
PropertyValue
Headwordasocial
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.sɔ.sjal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,798
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « asocial » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).asocialtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « arroyo » (#59,797), « aspirante » (#59,799), « arrosent » (#59,796). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « asocial » est au #59,798. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

asocial is uncommon French at frequency #59,798 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.sɔ.sjal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

asocial has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is asocial, spelled A-S-O-C-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n'est pas sociable.
  2. 2
    Pour une espèce ou une essence, dont un représentant ne tolère pas ou mal la présence de congénères à proximité immédiate.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Asocial ce n'est pas pardonnable. Cette année. Avec la pollution, tout ça. On ne s'en fait pas ; l'année prochaine ça va peut-être être la grande mode.
  2. La famille rend asocial. Heureusement qu’il y a les célibataires, les divorcés, les veuves et les homosexuels pour créer une société.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "asocial"?
"asocial" is spelled A-S-O-C-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sɔ.sjal\.
What does "asocial" mean?
As an adjective, "asocial" means: Qui n'est pas sociable.
How do you pronounce "asocial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asocial" is \a.sɔ.sjal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asocial" come from?
"asocial" 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 "asocial", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list