# Asha

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,518

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “one having the knowledge of morality”).

## Easily confused with
- **ask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-ask)
- **ass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-ass)
- **Ava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-ava)
- **asp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-asp)
- **ASU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-asu)
- **ATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-ata)
- **ASL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-asl)
- **Ath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-ath)
- **aya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-aya)
- **asm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-asm)
- **Asi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-asi)
- **awa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-awa)
- **ASO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-aso)
- **asr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-asr)
- **Asia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-asia)
- **asks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-asks)
- **aura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-aura)
- **ashe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-ashe)
- **atta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-atta)
- **ASTM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-astm)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ahsa`, `asah`, `ashha`, `saha`

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