bashaw
/bəˈʃɔː/noun
bashaw is spelled B-A-S-H-A-W: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bashaw means “A very large siluroid fish (Pylodictis olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bashaw is bashaws.
How many letters and syllables are in bashaw?
| Letters | 6: B-A-S-H-A-W |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bashaw?
Bashaw appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bashaw?
- /bəˈʃɔː/
Bashaw has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of bashaw
- bashaws plural
- bassa
- bassaw
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bashaw mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA pasha.
- 2
archaicderogatoryA grandee.
- 3
A very large siluroid fish (Pylodictis olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bashaw come from?
Variant of pasha, several forms or relatives of which start with /b-/, e.g. Arabic بَاشَا (bāšā).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).