blash
noun, verb
blash is spelled B-L-A-S-H: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blash means “A heavy fall of rain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blash is blashes.
How many letters and syllables are in blash?
| Letters | 5: B-L-A-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is blash?
Blash appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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).
Forms of blash
- blashes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blashing participle, present
- blashed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blash mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandA heavy fall of rain.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:blash.
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo pour heavily.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does blash come from?
Unclear. Perhaps ultimately imitative; compare plash, pash (“heavy rain”), dialectal clash (“heavy rain”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).