hasp
/hæsp/noun, verb
hasp is spelled H-A-S-P: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hasp means “A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hasp is hasps.
How many letters and syllables are in hasp?
| Letters | 4: H-A-S-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th 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 hasp?
Hasp appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 hasp?
- UK /hɑːsp/
- UK /hæsp/
- US /hæsp/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hasp2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hasp.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hasp?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hasp from its last stressed vowel (/æsp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pash.
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 hasp
- hasps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hasping participle, present
- hasped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hasp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
- 2
A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
- 3
Alternative form of hesp (“measure of linen thread”).
- 4
An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.
verb
- 1
To shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hasp in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a clasp:
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 hasp come from?
From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-West Germanic *haspijā, from Proto-Germanic *haspijǭ, *hapsijǭ (“hasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“to bend; crook”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).