asset
/ˈæsɛt/noun
asset is spelled A-S-S-E-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, asset means “A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of asset is assets.
How many letters and syllables are in asset?
| Letters | 5: A-S-S-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 asset?
Asset appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 asset?
- UK /ˈæsɛt/
- US /ˈæsɛt/
- US /ˈæsət/
Asset has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-asset.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with asset?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as asset (/æsɛt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tasse.
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 asset
- assets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does asset mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
My assets consist of stocks in companies that pay a dividend, and a few apartments that pay me rental income.
- 2
Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.
- 3
Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
- 4
An intelligence asset.
- 5
slangA woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Asset in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | avoir, atout , actif , module |
| German | Vermögenswert, Anlage, Gut, Vorteil, Ressource, Plus |
| Portuguese | bem, activo, ativo |
| Spanish | valor, activo, peculio, pecunio , recurso |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does asset come from?
Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).