asco

[ˈasko]

/[ˈasko]/ noun

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The verdict

“asco” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,458) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,458
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emoción intensa de desagrado que provoca una reacción física de malestar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-asco · asco · Spanish

asco · rank #3,458 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,458
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH ambiental

Nearest frequency peer: ambiental (-1 rank slots)

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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “asco”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “asco” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

asco vs así
50% similar
asco vs ash
50% similar
asco vs ass
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for asco
PropertyValue
Headwordasco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈasko]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,458
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “asco”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).ascocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ambiental” (#3,457), “bandas” (#3,459), “abuso” (#3,456). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “asco” va en #3,458. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for asco is neighbouring look-alikes ("así", "ash", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈasko]. Frequency #3,458 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for asco, with forms such as "ascco", "asoc", and "assco". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "así", "ash", "ass", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is asco, spelled A-S-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Emoción intensa de desagrado que provoca una reacción física de malestar.
  2. 2
    Esta misma reacción física provocada por la presencia o imaginación de algo repugnante.
  3. 3
    Cosa que repugna provocando asco₁.
  4. 4
    Cosa muy sucia y desaliñada.

Synonyms

repugnanciarepulsiónnáusea

This word in other languages

disgust(English)dégoût(Français)Ekel(Deutsch)repugnância(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ascco
  • asoc
  • assco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asco - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ascco1asoc2assco1
Edit distance from "asco"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asco"?
"asco" is spelled A-S-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈasko].
What does "asco" mean?
As a noun, "asco" means: Emoción intensa de desagrado que provoca una reacción física de malestar.
What words are commonly confused with "asco"?
"asco" is commonly confused with "así", "ash", "ass". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "asco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asco" is [ˈasko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asco" come from?
"asco" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "asco", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

roca#3,444dame#3,475palo#3,432paja#3,431

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list