lask
/læsk/noun
lask is spelled L-A-S-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lask means “Originally of both persons and animals, now only of animals: looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea; (countable) a bout of this ailment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lask is lasks.
How many letters and syllables are in lask?
| Letters | 4: L-A-S-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 lask?
Lask appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 lask?
- UK /lɑːsk/
- US /læsk/
Lask 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lask.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lask?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lask from its last stressed vowel (/æsk/):
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 lask
- lasks present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- lasking participle, present
- lasked participle, past
- laske
- more lask comparative
- most lask superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lask mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Originally of both persons and animals, now only of animals: looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea; (countable) a bout of this ailment.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo have loose bowels; to suffer from diarrhoea.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteLax, weak; specifically of the bowels: affected by diarrhoea; loose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lask come from?
From the adjective: see etymology 2.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).