aspic
/ˈæspɪk/
"aspic" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aspic” is an uncommon English word, ranked #85,003 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #85,003
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A meat or fish jelly.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aspic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæspɪk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aspic” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for aspic is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæspɪk/. Corpus data places it at rank #85,003 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for aspic in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French aspic, from Latin aspis, and possibly influenced by French basilic (“basilisk”). The culinary sense may come from association with the snake due to the traditional colors and cold temperature of aspic, in addition to the fact that the g… The correct English form is aspic, spelled A-S-P-I-C.
Definition
- 1A meat or fish jelly.
- 2A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.
- 3An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
- 4A light cannon firing a two-pound ball.
Etymology
Borrowed from French aspic, from Latin aspis, and possibly influenced by French basilic (“basilisk”). The culinary sense may come from association with the snake due to the traditional colors and cold temperature of aspic, in addition to the fact that the gelatin was often molded in a shape similar to a coiled snake.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “aspic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-P-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈæspɪk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.