losh
/lɒʃ/interjection, noun
losh is spelled L-O-S-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, losh means “Expressing surprise, wonder etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in losh?
| Letters | 4: L-O-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 losh?
Losh appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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 losh?
- UK /lɒʃ/
Losh 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).
What rhymes with losh?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as losh from its last stressed vowel (/ɒʃ/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hols.
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 losh
- loshes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does losh mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
ScotlandExpressing surprise, wonder etc.
noun
- 1
The burbot.
- 2
obsoleteAn elk hide
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does losh come from?
From Scots losh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).