dishwashing
noun
dishwashing is spelled D-I-S-H-W-A-S-H-I-N-G: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dishwashing means “The act of cleaning the dishware” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dishwashing is dishwashings.
How many letters and syllables are in dishwashing?
| Letters | 11: D-I-S-H-W-A-S-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is dishwashing?
Dishwashing appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th 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 dishwashing?
- US
Dishwashing has 3 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: En-us-dishwashing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dishwashing
- dishwashings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dishwashing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of cleaning the dishware.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dishwashing come from?
From Middle English dihsse-wehssinge, dischwaschyng, equivalent to dish + washing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).