# stash

> English word · Noun · IPA /stæʃ/ · frequency rank #14,227

## Definitions
1. A collection, sometimes hidden.
2. A place where drugs are stored.
3. Clothing or other items branded with a particular university club or society's logo.
4. A collection of yarn or other materials not yet allocated to any particular craft project.

## Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps a blend of stick + cache or stow + cache.

## Easily confused with
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-sts)
- **sth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-sth)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-stay)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-stat)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-state)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-stats)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-stays)
- **Steph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-steph)
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-stave)
- **swish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-swish)
- **swath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-swath)
- **Stasi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-stasi)
- **stasis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-stasis)
- **SAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sas-vs-stash)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sta-vs-stash)
- **ssh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ssh-vs-stash)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/star-vs-stash)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stan-vs-stash)
- **seas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seas-vs-stash)
- **shah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shah-vs-stash)

## Common misspellings (8)
`satsh`, `sstash`, `stahs`, `stashh`, `stassh`, `stsah`, `sttash`, `tsash`

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