dashing
/ˈdæʃɪŋ(ɡ)/adjective, noun, verb
dashing is spelled D-A-S-H-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dashing means “Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dashing?
| Letters | 7: D-A-S-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dashing?
Dashing appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 dashing?
- UK /ˈdæʃɪŋ(ɡ)/
Dashing 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dashing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dashing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dashing (/æʃɪŋ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shading.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dashing
- more dashing comparative
- most dashing superlative
- dashings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dashing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
a dashing young officer
- 2
Chic, fashionable.
All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to dash.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of dash
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dashing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dashing come from?
From Middle English daschande, equivalent to dash + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).