assload
/ˈæsloʊd/noun
assload is spelled A-S-S-L-O-A-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, assload means “An amount carried by an ass (donkey)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of assload is assloads.
How many letters and syllables are in assload?
| Letters | 7: A-S-S-L-O-A-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is assload?
Assload appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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 assload?
- US /ˈæsloʊd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of assload
- assloads plural
- ass-load
- ass load
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does assload mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An amount carried by an ass (donkey).
- 2
USslangvulgarA large amount.
- 3
An amount carried up someone's ass.
The smugglers thought they could get away with bringing an assload of heroin balloons on board the aircraft.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does assload come from?
Sense 1 is from ass + load and is old; sense 3 is from ass + load and is newer; sense 2 came from sense 1 but is often synchronically reanalyzed as coming from sense 3.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).