dashcam

/ˈdæʃˌkæm/

//ˈdæʃˌkæm// noun

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"dashcam" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dashcam” is uncommon English (frequency #60,745 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,745
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in...

Corpus desk

Index EN-dashcam · dashcam · English

dashcam · rank #60,745 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,745
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH dabbed

Nearest frequency peer: dabbed (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “dashcam”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “dashcam” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dashcam
PropertyValue
Headworddashcam
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdæʃˌkæm/
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,745
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “dashcam” in English

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

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “dabbed” (#60,744), “Cyr” (#60,743), “Dawood” (#60,747). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “dashcam” is #60,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dashcam is uncommon English at frequency #60,745 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdæʃˌkæm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for dashcam in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of dash(board) + cam(era). The correct English form is dashcam, spelled D-A-S-H-C-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in, to provide evidence for criminal prosecutions, insurance claims, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dashcam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Why not direct viewers to your website for entire, unedited interviews, an exclusive one-on-one with a local sports star or the whole five minutes of raw police dashcam from that cool chase you aired 20 seconds of?
  2. By dissolving from the last frame of the dashcam video clip into the same scene in animated form, the montage associated Murtha with the "good" officers in the other cruiser, embracing him in the group rather than singling him out as the renegade shooter who, to the unprepared viewer of the dashcam video alone, he might well have appeared to be.

Etymology

Blend of dash(board) + cam(era).

This word in other languages

dashcam(Français)Dashcam(Deutsch)

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dashcam"?
"dashcam" is spelled D-A-S-H-C-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdæʃˌkæm/.
What does "dashcam" mean?
As a noun, "dashcam" means: A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in...
How do you pronounce "dashcam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dashcam" is /ˈdæʃˌkæm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "dashcam"?
Blend of dash(board) + cam(era). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dashcam", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

debased#60,749Deseret#60,760Cookson#60,726Coakley#60,716

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list