Assis

noun

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The verdict

“Assis” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,614
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo

Corpus desk

Index PT-assis · Assis · Portuguese

Assis · rank #6,614 · 5 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,614
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH armário

Nearest frequency peer: armário (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Assis”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “Assis” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

Assis vs Ass
60% similar
Assis vs anis
40% similar
Assis vs assim
60% similar

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

Key facts for Assis
PropertyValue
HeadwordAssis
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,614
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Assis”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).Assiscai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “armário” (#6,612), “batida” (#6,616), “armazenamento” (#6,611). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “Assis” fica em #6,614. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Assis, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,614 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Assis, with forms such as "asis", "asiss", and "assiss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Ass", "anis", "assim", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is Assis, spelled A-S-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo
  2. 2
    cidade e comuna italiana na região da Umbria, província de Perugia
  3. 3
    um sobrenome

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ex.: Machado de Assis

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asis
  • asiss
  • assiss
  • asssi
  • sasis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asis1asiss2assiss1asssi2sasis2
Edit distance from "Assis"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Assis"?
"Assis" is spelled A-S-S-I-S.
What does "Assis" mean?
As a noun, "Assis" means: município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo
What words are commonly confused with "Assis"?
"Assis" is commonly confused with "Ass", "anis", "assim". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Assis" come from?
"Assis" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

palma#6,567grama#6,662manga#6,671folga#6,544

Similar misspelling depth

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

view5 variantsfumo5 variantspico5 variantstáxi5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list