fash
/fæʃ/
"fash" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fash” is uncommon English (frequency #66,654 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,654
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To worry; to bother, annoy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fash · fash · English
fash · rank #66,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,654
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fatalism
Nearest frequency peer: fatalism (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “fash”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fairplay
fairplay
33,350 corpus weight
- fash
fash
33,347 corpus weight
- fatalism
fatalism
33,346 corpus weight
- fava
fava
33,345 corpus weight
- feminized
feminized
33,344 corpus weight
- ferromagnet…
ferromagnetic
33,343 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fash” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fash |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fæʃ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fash” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fash is uncommon English at frequency #66,654 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fæʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fash in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From early modern French fascher (now fâcher), from Latin fastus (“disdain”). The correct English form is fash, spelled F-A-S-H.
Definition
- 1To worry; to bother, annoy.
- 2To trouble oneself; to take pains.
- 3To ignore or forget about someone or something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fash appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"I wouldn't fash masel' about them, miss. Them things be all wore out."
“They,” said he, meaning the collops, “are such as I gave his Royal Highness in this very house; bating the lemon juice, for at that time we were glad to get the meat and never fashed for kitchen. Indeed, there were mair dragoons than lemons in my country in the year forty-six.”
Etymology
From early modern French fascher (now fâcher), from Latin fastus (“disdain”).
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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