# squish

> English word · Noun · IPA /skwɪʃ/ · frequency rank #35,956

## Definitions
1. The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.
2. A political moderate.
3. Marmalade.

## Etymology
Apparently an alteration of squash, influenced by obsolete squiss (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Scots squische, squies (“to crush, squeeze”). Compare also French esquicher from Old Occitan esquichar (“to squeeze, squish”). See also squeeze, squelch.

## Easily confused with
- **swish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squish-vs-swish)
- **squishy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squish-vs-squishy)
- **squid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-squish)
- **slush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slush-vs-squish)
- **shush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-squish)
- **squash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squash-vs-squish)
- **squire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squire-vs-squish)
- **squirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squirt-vs-squish)
- **squint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squint-vs-squish)
- **squirm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squirm-vs-squish)

## Common misspellings (9)
`qsuish`, `sqiush`, `sqquish`, `squihs`, `squishh`, `squissh`, `squsih`, `ssquish`, `suqish`

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