# asset

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæsɛt/ · frequency rank #4,821

## Definitions
1. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
2. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
3. Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
4. An intelligence asset.
5. A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Early Medieval Latin ad
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-der.
Early Medieval Latin satis
Early Medieval Latin ad satis
Old French asez
Anglo-Norman asetzder.
English assetsbf.
English asset
Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.

## Easily confused with
- **Aust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asset-vs-aust)
- **aster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asset-vs-aster)
- **assets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asset-vs-assets)
- **assist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asset-vs-assist)
- **ass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ass-vs-asset)
- **arse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arse-vs-asset)
- **ashe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashe-vs-asset)
- **asked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asked-vs-asset)
- **ashes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashes-vs-asset)
- **asses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asses-vs-asset)
- **Assad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assad-vs-asset)
- **aspen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspen-vs-asset)
- **Assam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assam-vs-asset)
- **assay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assay-vs-asset)
- **Asher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asher-vs-asset)
- **Ascot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascot-vs-asset)
- **assed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assed-vs-asset)
- **askew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/askew-vs-asset)
- **arsed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arsed-vs-asset)
- **aspect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspect-vs-asset)

## Common misspellings (5)
`asest`, `aset`, `assett`, `asste`, `saset`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/asset