# assets

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæsɛts/ · frequency rank #2,656

## Definitions
1. plural of asset

## 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 assets
From Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Originally singular, with the meaning "enough to meet liabilities"; later reanalyzed as a plural form.

## Easily confused with
- **assists** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assets-vs-assists)
- **asset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asset-vs-assets)
- **ashes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashes-vs-assets)
- **asses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asses-vs-assets)
- **assed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assed-vs-assets)
- **assess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assess-vs-assets)
- **assert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assert-vs-assets)
- **assent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assent-vs-assets)
- **aspects** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspects-vs-assets)

## Common misspellings (7)
`asests`, `asets`, `assest`, `assetss`, `assetts`, `asstes`, `sasets`

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