dosh
/dɒʃ/noun
dosh is spelled D-O-S-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dosh means “Money” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dosh?
| Letters | 4: D-O-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 64,400th 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 dosh?
Dosh appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th 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 dosh?
- /dɒʃ/
Dosh has one syllable (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-AU_ck1_dosh.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dosh?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dosh.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shod.
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).
What does dosh mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CommonwealthIrelandUKslangMoney.
I'd like to buy a new car, but I'm short on dosh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dosh in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense slang: money:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fric, pognon, thune, moula, blé, oseille |
| German | Zaster, Kies, Kohle, Knete, Moos |
| Spanish | pasta, plata, lana, feria |
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 dosh come from?
Unknown. Possibly a combination of dough and cash.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).