assuage
as·suage/əˈswɑʒ/verb
assuage is spelled A-S-S-U-A-G-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (as·suage). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, assuage means “To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in assuage?
| Letters | 7: A-S-S-U-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: as·suage |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is assuage?
Assuage appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 assuage?
- /əˈsweɪd͡ʒ/
- US /əˈswɑʒ/
Assuage has 2 syllables, split as·suage in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-assuage.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with assuage?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as assuage from its last stressed vowel (/ɑʒ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sausage.
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 assuage
- assuages present, singular, he/she/it
- assuaging participle, present
- assuaged participle, past
- asswage
- suage
- swage
- tasswage
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does assuage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
- 2
To pacify or soothe (someone).
- 3
obsoleteTo calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Assuage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | assouvir, soulager, apaiser , calmer |
| German | lindern, mildern, abschwächen , besänftigen, beschwichtigen |
| Portuguese | mitigar , acalmar |
| Spanish | calmar, aliviar, mitigar, satisfacer , apaciguar, sosegar |
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 assuage come from?
From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“to sweeten, to butter up, to calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).