dashy
/ˈdæʃi/adjective
dashy is spelled D-A-S-H-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dashy means “Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dashy?
| Letters | 5: D-A-S-H-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st 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; 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 dashy?
Dashy appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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 dashy?
- US /ˈdæʃi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dashy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dashy?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dashy (/æʃi/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shady.
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 dashy
- dashier comparative
- dashiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dashy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
colloquialdatedCalculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dashy come from?
From dash + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).