jackass
/ˈd͡ʒækæs/noun, verb
jackass is spelled J-A-C-K-A-S-S. The wrong spelling people search most is jackarse: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 333 of all searches for the word. Jackass is a noun meaning “A male donkey”. The plural of jackass is jackasses.
How many letters and syllables are in jackass?
| Letters | 7: J-A-C-K-A-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, jackarse, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell jackass?
Jackass is spelled J-A-C-K-A-S-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 336 of the searches for jackass in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is jackass?
Jackass appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 jackass?
- US /ˈd͡ʒækæs/
Jackass 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: En-us-jackass.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of jackass
- jackasses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- jackassing participle, present
- jackassed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jackass mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A male donkey.
- 2
USA foolish or stupid person.
- 3
USAn inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
Bobby, only jackasses go around saying how much money they make.
- 4
USslangA kind of bootleg liquor.
As the vintner Louis Foppiano recalled years later, Sonoma County during Prohibition became a center for bootlegging, not of wine, but of spirits. 'There were some big stills hidden up in the hills of Sonoma, some producing five hundred gal
- 5
AustraliaobsoleteThe laughing kookaburra.
- 6
slangA jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
verb
- 1
rareTo behave very obnoxiously.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jackass in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | âne , connard, abruti |
| German | Esel , Dummkopf, Trottel |
| Portuguese | burro, jegue, asno , idiota |
| Spanish | asno, burro , idiota |
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 jackass come from?
From jack + ass.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).