asper
/ˈæspəɹ/noun
asper is spelled A-S-P-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, asper means “Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of asper is aspers.
How many letters and syllables are in asper?
| Letters | 5: A-S-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 asper?
Asper appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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 asper?
- UK /ˈæspə/
- US /ˈæspəɹ/
Asper 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: En-us-asper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with asper?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as asper from its last stressed vowel (/æspəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spare, spear, parse, presa, prase.
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 asper
- more asper comparative
- most asper superlative
- aspre
- aspers plural
- aspron
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does asper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
- 2
obsoleteRough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteRough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does asper come from?
From Middle English asper, from Middle French aspre or Italian aspro, both from Ancient Greek ἄσπρον (áspron), from neuter of ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”), from Latin asper (“rough, newly minted”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).