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new-ish

adjective

new-ish is spelled N-E-W-I-S-H: 6 letters. As an adjective, new-ish means “Alternative form of newish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in new-ish?

Letters6: N-E-W-I-S-H
In writinga phrase: the frequency list counts single words
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

Words people confuse with new-ish

Also written: newish (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of new-ish

  • more new-ish comparative
  • most new-ish superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does new-ish mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Alternative form of newish.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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