mash up

verb

"mash-up" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mash up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To mash; to crush (usually food) into a smooth substance.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mash-up · mash up · English

mash up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for mash up
PropertyValue
Headwordmash up
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mash up” in English

mash upfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mash up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

mash up has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is mash up, spelled M-A-S-H- -U-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    To mash; to crush (usually food) into a smooth substance.
  2. 2
    To disfigure, devastate or destroy.
  3. 3
    To remix two or more songs together into one.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mash up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. mash up the avocados
  2. mash up the pills

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mash up"?
"mash up" is spelled M-A-S-H- -U-P.
What does "mash up" mean?
As a verb, "mash up" means: To mash; to crush (usually food) into a smooth substance.
What language does "mash up" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list