wild ass
/waɪld ˈæs/
"wild-ass" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wild ass” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several wild equine mammals closely related to donkey, endemic to Asia and northeast Africa.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wild-ass · wild ass · English
wild ass · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | wild ass |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /waɪld ˈæs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wild ass” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wild ass is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /waɪld ˈæs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of several wild equine mammals closely related to donkey, endemic to Asia and northeast Africa.".
Zero misspellings are on record for wild ass in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is wild ass, spelled W-I-L-D- -A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Any of several wild equine mammals closely related to donkey, endemic to Asia and northeast Africa.
This word in other languages
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.