aspis
/ˈæspɪs/noun
aspis is spelled A-S-P-I-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, aspis means “A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of aspis is aspides.
How many letters and syllables are in aspis?
| Letters | 5: A-S-P-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 aspis?
Aspis appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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 aspis?
- /ˈæspɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-aspis.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with aspis?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as aspis.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: apsis.
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 aspis
- aspides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aspis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers.
- 2
archaicAn asp or generic venomous snake
- 3
A prominent ring of thickened exine around a pore on a pollen grain
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does aspis come from?
From Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “flat bowl shape, shield”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).