asir
[aˈsiɾ]
The verdict
“asir” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #63,586 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #63,586
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Emplear las manos u otro apéndice para retener o sostener una cosa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈsiɾ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asir” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for asir is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈsiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,586 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Emplear las manos u otro apéndice para retener o sostener una cosa.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for asir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is asir, spelled A-S-I-R.
Definition
- 1Emplear las manos u otro apéndice para retener o sostener una cosa.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “asir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-S-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈsiɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.