hash
/ˈhæʃ/noun, verb
hash is spelled H-A-S-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hash means “Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hash is hashes.
How many letters and syllables are in hash?
| Letters | 4: H-A-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th 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 hash?
Hash appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 hash?
- /ˈhæʃ/
- [ˈhæʃ]
Hash has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hash.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hash?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hash.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shah.
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 hash
- hashes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hashing participle, present
- hashed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hash mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
Near-synonym: scramble
- 2
A confused mess.
- 3
The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).
- 4
The result generated by a hash function.
- 5
One guess made by a mining computer in the effort of finding the correct answer which releases the next unit of cryptocurrency; see also hashrate.
- 6
A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.
October 28, 1752, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann I cannot bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session.
- 7
A hash run.
- 8
ScotlandA stupid fellow.
- 9
slangHashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.
verb
- 1
To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
- 2
To make a quick, rough version.
We need to quickly hash up some plans.
- 3
To transform according to a hash function.
- 4
colloquialTo make a mess of (something); to ruin.
- 5
Ellipsis of hash noise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hash in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hachis , croisillon, dièse, carré , condensat, hash |
| German | Gehacktes, Haschee , Rautenzeichen, Raute, Doppelkreuz , Durcheinander |
| Portuguese | picadinho , antífen, cardinal, cerquilha, jogo da velha , bagunça |
| Spanish | picadillo, guiso , almohadilla, gato, libra , lío |
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 hash come from?
From French hacher (“to chop”), from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache (“axe”), from Frankish *happjā (“axe”). Compare also Old English ġehæċċa (“sausage meat”, literally “that which is hacked or chopped up”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).