aspi

\as.pi\

/\as.pi\/ noun

The verdict

“aspi” is uncommon French (frequency #65,709 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,709
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune officier militaire ou officier appelé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aspi · aspi · French

aspi · rank #65,709 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,709
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH asphyxiés

Nearest frequency peer: asphyxiés (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « aspi »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aspi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aspi
PropertyValue
Headwordaspi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.pi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#65,709
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aspi » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aspitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « asphyxiés » (#65,708), « astiquer » (#65,710), « arrosoir » (#65,707). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aspi » est au #65,709. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aspi is uncommon French at frequency #65,709 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.pi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeune officier militaire ou officier appelé.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aspi, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aspi, spelled A-S-P-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeune officier militaire ou officier appelé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how aspi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. – Le mien, dit Conan, c’est huit jours après que j’étais sorti de Saint-Cyr comme aspi… Tu y as été, toi, à Saint-Cyr ? – Non. – Ne le regrette pas ! C’était plein d’embusqués qui t’en faisaient baver, pour rester au chaud !

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aspi"?
"aspi" is spelled A-S-P-I. The IPA pronunciation is \as.pi\.
What does "aspi" mean?
As a noun, "aspi" means: Jeune officier militaire ou officier appelé.
How do you pronounce "aspi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aspi" is \as.pi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list