Asselin

name

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The verdict

“Asselin” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,746. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,746
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-asselin · Asselin · French

Asselin · rank #42,746 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #42,746
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH assault

Nearest frequency peer: assault (-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 « Asselin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Asselin » 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).

Asselin vs asseoir
57% similar

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

Key facts for Asselin
PropertyValue
HeadwordAsselin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,746
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Asselin »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Asselinse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « assault » (#42,745), « assoiffé » (#42,747), « artichaut » (#42,744). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Asselin » est au #42,746. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Asselin, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,746 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Asselin, with forms such as "aselin", "aseslin", and "asseiln". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "asseoir", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Asselin, spelled A-S-S-E-L-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au CISSS de la Montérégie-Est, Cindy Asselin, cheffe de service pour l’hygiène et la salubrité, confirme que l’aide de Samuel Lapointe, et de jeunes comme lui, est très appréciée.
  2. Pendant un bon moment, la skieuse Olivia Asselin était sur le podium virtuel de la Coupe du monde de slopestyle (descente acrobatique) de Mammoth Mountain, sauf que c’est au quatrième rang qu’elle a conclu la compétition, dimanche.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aselin
  • aseslin
  • asseiln
  • asselinn
  • assellin
  • asselni
  • asslein
  • saselin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Asselin - 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.

aselin1aseslin2asseiln2asselinn1assellin1asselni2asslein2saselin2
Edit distance from "Asselin"

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 "Asselin"?
"Asselin" is spelled A-S-S-E-L-I-N.
What does "Asselin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Asselin" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Asselin"?
"Asselin" is commonly confused with "asseoir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Asselin" come from?
"Asselin" 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 "Asselin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

assault#42,745antifas#42,739beffroi#42,766bergame#42,768

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

assoiffé8 variantsabolis8 variantségorge8 variantsécroué8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list