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aspen

/ˈæspən/adjective, noun

aspen is spelled A-S-P-E-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, aspen means “Pertaining to the aspen tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in aspen?

Letters5: A-S-P-E-N
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is aspen?

Aspen appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce aspen?

  • /ˈæspən/

Aspen has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aspen.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with aspen?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as aspen.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: snape, spean.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of aspen

  • more aspen comparative
  • most aspen superlative
  • aspens plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does aspen mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Pertaining to the aspen tree.

  2. 2

    obsoleteTremulous, trembling.

  3. 3

    obsoleteResembling an asp in some way

  4. 4

    obsoletewagging, gossiping.

noun

  1. 1

    A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.

    Above a certain elevation, the aspens gave way to scrubby, gnarled pines.

  2. 2

    The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.

    She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which to make a wicker basket.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Aspen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchtremble (tree of genus Populus sect. Populus)
GermanEspe, Zitterpappel (tree of genus Populus sect. Populus), Espenholz (wood of such a tree)
Portuguesechoupo-tremedor, faia-preta (tree of genus Populus sect. Populus)
Spanishálamo temblón (tree of genus Populus sect. Populus)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does aspen come from?

From Middle English aspen, corresponding to asp + -en.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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