# aspen

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈæspən/ · frequency rank #16,406

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.
2. Tremulous, trembling.
3. Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping.

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

## Easily confused with
- **asset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspen-vs-asset)
- **asses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspen-vs-asses)
- **Aston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspen-vs-aston)
- **assed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspen-vs-assed)
- **aster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspen-vs-aster)
- **Austen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspen-vs-austen)
- **assent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspen-vs-assent)
- **ape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ape-vs-aspen)
- **asp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asp-vs-aspen)
- **amen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-aspen)
- **apex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apex-vs-aspen)
- **apes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apes-vs-aspen)
- **ashe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashe-vs-aspen)
- **Aden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-aspen)
- **aren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aren-vs-aspen)
- **APEC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apec-vs-aspen)
- **asked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asked-vs-aspen)
- **Asian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asian-vs-aspen)
- **Allen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allen-vs-aspen)
- **alien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alien-vs-aspen)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apsen`, `asepn`, `aspenn`, `aspne`, `asppen`, `asspen`, `sapen`

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