# ascent

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈsɛnt/ · frequency rank #16,637

## Definitions
1. The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
2. The way or means by which one ascends.
3. An eminence, hill, or high place.
4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness
5. The ascender height in a typeface.
6. An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy

## Etymology
Formed from ascend on the model of descend/descent.

## Easily confused with
- **asset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascent-vs-asset)
- **aspen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascent-vs-aspen)
- **Ascot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascent-vs-ascot)
- **aspect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascent-vs-aspect)
- **assert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascent-vs-assert)
- **assent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascent-vs-assent)
- **agent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agent-vs-ascent)
- **arent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-ascent)
- **accept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-ascent)
- **accent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accent-vs-ascent)
- **absent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/absent-vs-ascent)
- **advent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-ascent)
- **ardent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ardent-vs-ascent)
- **ascend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascend-vs-ascent)
- **argent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-ascent)
- **ancient** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ancient-vs-ascent)
- **accents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accents-vs-ascent)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acsent`, `asccent`, `ascennt`, `ascentt`, `ascetn`, `ascnet`, `asecnt`, `asscent`, `sacent`

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