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washbag

noun

washbag is spelled W-A-S-H-B-A-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, washbag means “A small bag used to hold toiletries and personal washing items” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of washbag is washbags.

How many letters and syllables are in washbag?

Letters7: W-A-S-H-B-A-G
In writingabout once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 washbag?

Washbag appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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).

Forms of washbag

  • washbags plural
  • wash bag

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does washbag mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    UKA small bag used to hold toiletries and personal washing items.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Washbag in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense toiletries bag:

LanguageWords
Frenchtrousse de toilette
GermanKulturbeutel, Necessaire, Rei­se­ne­ces­saire
Portuguesenécessaire
Spanishneceser

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does washbag come from?

From wash + bag.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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