asco

/[ˈasko]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,458

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

3

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

asco is aSpanishnoun. It means: Emoción intensa de desagrado que provoca una reacción física de malestar. Pronounced [ˈasko]. It ranks #3,458 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with así and ash.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of asco in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for asco is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈasko]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,458 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 3 documented wrong-spelling variants for asco, with forms such as "ascco", "asoc", and "assco". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is asco, spelled A-S-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ascco,asoc,assco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for asco

Misspelling Variants of "asco"

ascco5asoc4assco5
Misspelling Variants of "asco"

Frequency rank: #3,458 in Spanish

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.