# sash

> English word · Noun · IPA /sæʃ/ · frequency rank #21,647

## Definitions
1. A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
2. A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
3. Alternative spelling of shash (“the scarf of a turban”).

## Etymology
From Arabic شَاش (šāš, “muslin cloth”).

## Easily confused with
- **SS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-ss)
- **sh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-sh)
- **say** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-say)
- **saw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-saw)
- **sat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-sat)
- **SMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-sms)
- **sis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-sis)
- **SMH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-smh)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-sos)
- **ses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-ses)
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-sts)
- **SSD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-ssd)
- **sax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-sax)
- **ssh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-ssh)
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-sus)
- **SSC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-ssc)
- **SSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-sse)
- **shh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-shh)
- **SSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-ssi)
- **suh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-suh)

## Common misspellings (6)
`assh`, `sahs`, `sashh`, `sassh`, `ssah`, `ssash`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sash