ast
verb
ast is spelled A-S-T: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, ast means “Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past and past participle of ask” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ast?
| Letters | 3: A-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd 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 ast?
Ast appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd 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 ast?
Ast has one syllable (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).
What rhymes with ast?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ast.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sat, sta, tas.
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).
What does ast mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past and past participle of ask.
noun
- 1
Initialism of advanced supersonic transport.
- 2
Initialism of abstract syntax tree.
- 3
Initialism of aspartate transaminase.
- 4
Initialism of average shot time (“the average time taken by a player on each shot recorded using World Snooker scoring system”).
- 5
Initialism of assured shorthold tenancy.
- 6
Initialism of alternating series test.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ast come from?
From Latin -asta, from Ancient Greek -αστής (-astḗs), from -άζω (-ázō, verbal suffix) + -τής (-tḗs, agent-noun suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).