# awash

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈwɒʃ/ · frequency rank #38,739

## Definitions
1. Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
2. Covered, overspread (with or in something).

## Etymology
From a- + wash.

## Easily confused with
- **AWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/awash-vs-aws)
- **away** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/awash-vs-away)
- **aways** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/awash-vs-aways)
- **ash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ash-vs-awash)
- **Aas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aas-vs-awash)
- **awa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/awa-vs-awash)
- **aah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aah-vs-awash)
- **alas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alas-vs-awash)
- **award** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/award-vs-awash)
- **aware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aware-vs-awash)
- **awake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/awake-vs-awash)
- **await** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/await-vs-awash)
- **Amish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amish-vs-awash)
- **amass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amass-vs-awash)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aawsh`, `awahs`, `awashh`, `awassh`, `awsah`, `awwash`, `waash`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/awash