asta

noun

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The verdict

“asta” is uncommon French (frequency #81,775 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,775
frequency rank, French
424,905
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hampe.

Key facts for asta
PropertyValue
Headwordasta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#81,775
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “asta” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). asta lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

asta is uncommon French at frequency #81,775 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

asta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 French form is asta, spelled A-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hampe.
  2. 2
    Enchère, criée.
  3. 3
    Perche, utilisée lors du saut à la perche.

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 "asta"?
"asta" is spelled A-S-T-A.
What does "asta" mean?
As a noun, "asta" means: Hampe.
What language does "asta" come from?
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Using “asta”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list