gash
/ɡæʃ/
"gash" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gash” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,073. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,073
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A deep cut.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gash · gash · English
gash · rank #34,073 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,073
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gamut
Nearest frequency peer: gamut (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “gash”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- G8
G8
65,931 corpus weight
- gallantry
gallantry
65,930 corpus weight
- gamut
gamut
65,929 corpus weight
- gash
gash
65,928 corpus weight
- gawker
gawker
65,927 corpus weight
- gazelle
gazelle
65,926 corpus weight
What this shows “gash” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gash |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡæʃ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “gash”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around gash (IPA /ɡæʃ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,073 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gash, with forms such as "agsh", "gahs", and "gashh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GS", "GH", "Gay", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”). The correct English form is gash, spelled G-A-S-H.
Definition
- 1A deep cut.
- 2A vulva.
- 3A woman.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gash appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.
Then Beowulf too rallied. With his whetted dagger he slit a gash in the serpent's middle.
Etymology
Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agsh
- gahs
- gashh
- gassh
- ggash
- gsah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gash - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gash", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).