vas
/ˈvæs/noun
vas is spelled V-A-S: 3 letters. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vas means “A vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vas is vasa.
How many letters and syllables are in vas?
| Letters | 3: V-A-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th 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; 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 vas?
Vas appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 vas?
- /ˈvæs/
- /ˈvæz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vas.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vas2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with vas?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as vas.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sav.
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 vas
- vasa plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen.
- 2
Ellipsis of vas deferens.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of vitamin A supplementation.
- 2
Initialism of virtual address space.
noun
- 1
plural of VA
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does vas come from?
Borrowed from Latin vās (“vessel”) around 1645 through 1655. Doublet of vase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).