wash up
"wash-up" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wash up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wash-up · wash up · English
wash up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wash up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wash up” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wash up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wash up, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is wash up, spelled W-A-S-H- -U-P.
Definition
- 1To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
- 2To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes.
- 3To carry (an object) to land.
- 4To be carried by water to land.
- 5To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere.
- 6To beat up (someone).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wash up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You wash up tonight and I'll dry.
I'm not washing up all these dishes.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.