dashcam
/ˈdæʃˌkæm/
"dashcam" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dashcam” is uncommon English (frequency #60,745 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,745
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dashcam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdæʃˌkæm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dashcam” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dashcam is uncommon English at frequency #60,745 among 26,416 “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
- 1A 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.
Etymology
Blend of dash(board) + cam(era).
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “dashcam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-A-S-H-C-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.