mountain ash
"mountain-ash" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mountain ash” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A European tree, rowan or, more specifically, European rowan, of species Sorbus aucuparia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mountain-ash · mountain ash · English
mountain ash · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mountain ash |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mountain ash” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mountain ash is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mountain ash, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is mountain ash, spelled M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -A-S-H.
Definition
- 1A European tree, rowan or, more specifically, European rowan, of species Sorbus aucuparia.
- 2Any of several trees in the genus Sorbus in North America.
- 3A tree native to southeastern Australia, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants.
- 4A Texan ash tree of species Fraxinus texensis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mountain ash appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On the verdant slope and down by the edge of the water, the bird-cherry and the mountain ash displayed their flowery garb of summer.
Various measures were taken to avoid it, most popular being the suspension of certain herbs and tree branches over the doorways of dwellings and stables. Commonly used greenery were tansy, honesty, garlic, St. John's Wort, mountain ash, roadside verbena.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.