# ASAP

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈeɪ.sæp/ · frequency rank #9,438

## Definitions
1. Initialism of as soon as possible.

## Etymology
From the 1950s. First known use in a book of Captain Annis G Thompson, who was involved in the Korean War, The Greatest Airlift (1954). Originally used in the meaning "as soon as militarily possible" by military forces.

## Easily confused with
- **ask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-ask)
- **ass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-ass)
- **ash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-ash)
- **ATP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-atp)
- **Ava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-ava)
- **ASD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-asd)
- **asp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-asp)
- **ASU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-asu)
- **ATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-ata)
- **ASL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-asl)
- **asc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-asc)
- **aya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-aya)
- **asm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-asm)
- **Asi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-asi)
- **awa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-awa)
- **asf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-asf)
- **ASO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-aso)
- **asr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-asr)
- **away** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-away)
- **Asia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asap-vs-asia)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aasp`, `asapp`, `aspa`, `assap`, `saap`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/asap