aster
/ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/noun
aster is spelled A-S-T-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Aster, the name). As a noun, aster means “Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of aster is asters.
How many letters and syllables are in aster?
| Letters | 5: A-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th 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 aster?
Aster appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Aster, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce aster?
- /ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/
Aster has 2 syllables (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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aster.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with aster?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as aster.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rates, tears, stare, taser, sater, teras, setar.
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 aster
- asters plural
- astero-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aster mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
- 2
A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
- 3
obsoleteA star.
by the changes and enter-caprings of which, the revolutions, motions, cadences, and carrols of the asters [translating astres] and planets are caused and transported.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aster in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | aster , -âtre |
| German | Aster |
| Portuguese | áster , -astro, -acho |
| Spanish | aster , -astro, -astra, -astre , áster |
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 aster come from?
From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).