assclown

/ˈæsˌklaʊn/

//ˈæsˌklaʊn// noun

"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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Key facts for assclown
PropertyValue
Headwordassclown
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈæsˌklaʊn/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “assclown” sits in English frequency

assclownsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    A jerk; a buffoon; a person who is inept or ill-behaved to the point of being found laughable by others.
  2. 2
    A 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 examples

These source excerpts show how assclown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Near-synonyms: assmonkey, assmuncher
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "assclown"?
"assclown" is spelled A-S-S-C-L-O-W-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈæsˌklaʊn/.
What does "assclown" mean?
As a noun, "assclown" means: A jerk; a buffoon; a person who is inept or ill-behaved to the point of being found laughable by others.
How do you pronounce "assclown"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assclown" is /ˈæsˌklaʊn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "assclown"?
From ass + clown. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list