ass-kissing
"ass-kissing" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ass-kissing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsequious; sycophantic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ass-kissing · ass-kissing · English
ass-kissing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ass-kissing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ass-kissing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ass-kissing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsequious; sycophantic.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ass-kissing in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is ass-kissing, spelled A-S-S---K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Obsequious; sycophantic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ass-kissing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Morgan Berkhardt finished reading my application and saw me watching the video. "Impressive marketing concept, isn't it, Mr Dante?" "Right! Imaginative too," I heard my ass-kissing mouth reply.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.