asno

Name: asno, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈasno]

/[ˈasno]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“asno” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #28,242) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#28,242
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 4
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Equus africanus asinus) Mamífero doméstico solípedo, más pequeño que el caballo, mide como metro y medio de altura. Bestia de silla y carga, que pasó de los romanos a los germanos, siendo una best...

Corpus desk

Index ES-asno · asno · Spanish

asno · rank #28,242 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,242
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 4 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH asignaron

Nearest frequency peer: asignaron (-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.

Arnaldo

71,762
arsénico

71,761
asignaron

71,760
asno

71,759
atajar

71,757
aumentaría

71,756

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

asno vs aún

50% similar

asno vs ass

50% similar

asno vs aso

75% similar

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

Key facts for asno
Property	Value
Headword	asno
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈasno]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#28,242
Misspellings tracked	4
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “asno”

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

#28,242

#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 “asignaron” (#28,241), “arsénico” (#28,240), “atajar” (#28,244). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “asno” va en #28,242. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for asno is neighbouring look-alikes ("aún", "ass", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈasno]. Frequency #28,242 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for asno, with forms such as "anso", "asnno", and "ason". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aún", "ass", "aso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is asno, spelled A-S-N-O.

Definition

1
(Equus africanus asinus) Mamífero doméstico solípedo, más pequeño que el caballo, mide como metro y medio de altura. Bestia de silla y carga, que pasó de los romanos a los germanos, siendo una bestia muy utilizada durante siglos en el sur de Europa y Oriente. Desciende del asno estepario de Nubia.
2
Persona ruda y torpe de entendimiento.

Synonyms

borrico burro jumento pollino rucio acémila borrico burro bruto ignorante necio tonto

This word in other languages

donkey(English)âne(Français)Esel(Deutsch)asno(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

anso
asnno
ason
assno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asno - 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.

Edit distance from "asno"

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 "asno"?

"asno" is spelled A-S-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈasno].

What does "asno" mean?

As a noun, "asno" means: (Equus africanus asinus) Mamífero doméstico solípedo, más pequeño que el caballo, mide como metro y medio de altura. Bestia de silla y carga, que pasó de los romanos a los germanos, siendo una best...

What words are commonly confused with "asno"?

"asno" is commonly confused with "aún", "ass", "aso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "asno"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asno" is [ˈasno]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "asno" come from?

"asno" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

Is PlainSpell free to use?

Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bora#28,261 cela#28,278 yodo#28,204 step#28,166