shash
/ʃæʃ/obsolete
shash is spelled S-H-A-S-H: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shash means “The scarf of a turban” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shash is shashes.
How many letters and syllables are in shash?
| Letters | 5: S-H-A-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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).
How common is shash?
Shash appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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 shash?
- /ʃæʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shash.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shash
- shashes present, singular, he/she/it
- shashing participle, present
- shashed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shash mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteThe scarf of a turban.
- 2
obsoleteA sash.
- 3
obsoleteSynonym of snow (“random pattern of dots when there is no signal”).
verb
- 1
obsoleterareTo produce white noise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shash come from?
See sash.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).