# Ashok

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /æˈʃɒk/ · frequency rank #36,041

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Hindi.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi अशोक (aśok), from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”). Doublet of Ashoka and Asoka.

## Easily confused with
- **ask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashok-vs-ask)
- **ASO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashok-vs-aso)
- **ashy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashok-vs-ashy)
- **Aston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashok-vs-aston)
- **Astor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashok-vs-astor)
- **Athos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashok-vs-athos)
- **Ashton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashok-vs-ashton)
- **ashore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashok-vs-ashore)
- **Ashoka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashok-vs-ashoka)
- **ash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ash-vs-ashok)
- **ashe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashe-vs-ashok)
- **Asha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asha-vs-ashok)
- **amok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amok-vs-ashok)
- **ahoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahoy-vs-ashok)
- **ashes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashes-vs-ashok)
- **Asher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asher-vs-ashok)
- **Ascot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascot-vs-ashok)
- **Ashby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashby-vs-ashok)
- **abhor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abhor-vs-ashok)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahsok`, `ashhok`, `ashko`, `ashokk`, `asohk`, `asshok`, `sahok`

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