assclown
/ˈæsˌklaʊn/
"assclown" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“assclown” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A jerk; a buffoon; a person who is inept or ill-behaved to the point of being found laughable by others.
Corpus desk
Index EN-assclown · assclown · English
assclown · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | assclown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæsˌklaʊn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “assclown” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
assclown is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæsˌklaʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for assclown in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ass + clown. The correct English form is assclown, spelled A-S-S-C-L-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1A jerk; a buffoon; a person who is inept or ill-behaved to the point of being found laughable by others.
- 2A jerk; a buffoon; a person who uses their nature to bring humor to others, but ends up being the butt of a joke.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how assclown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: assmonkey, assmuncher
This newsgroup--misc.immigration.usa--has a wide range of posters, some of which have legitimate concerns about legal immigration. Do you like being the AssClown. Let these people be, let them ask their immigration question free from your xenophobic harassments.
Etymology
From ass + clown.
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.
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