Stache or stash?
stache is a noun meaning “A moustache”; stash is a noun meaning “A collection, sometimes hidden”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) stash is about 13 times as common as stache.
What is the difference between stache and stash?
| stache | stash | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | informalA moustache | A collection, sometimes hidden A collection of yarn or other materials not yet allocated to any particular craft project To hide or store away for later use |
| Example | none recorded | Near-synonyms: cache, reserve, hoard |
| Forms | staches 'staches | stashes |
| Pronunciation | /stɑːʃ/ /stæʃ/ | /stæʃ/ |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words | 3.5 times per million words |
Sources: stache and stash in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of stache and stash
stache
- 1
informalA moustache
- 2
Alternative form of stache
stash
- 1
A collection, sometimes hidden
Near-synonyms: cache, reserve, hoard
- 2
To hide or store away for later use
He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar
- 3
USinformalslangA place where drugs are stored
The dealers managed to store the dope in the stash just in time to avoid being caught by the police
- 4
UKslangClothing or other items branded with a particular university club or society's logo
Near-synonyms: merch, swag
- 5
A collection of yarn or other materials not yet allocated to any particular craft project
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, stache or stash?
stache appears about once in every 4 million words; stash 3.5 times per million words.
stache about once in every 4 million wordsstash 3.5 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search stache vs stash?
“stache vs stash” is searched about 30 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“stash vs stache”, “stache or stash”).
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