wash

verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,233

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

wash is aPortugueseverb. It means: tirar as impurezas usando-se de água ou outro líquido; lavar Often confused with West and wise.

Key facts for wash
PropertyValue
Headwordwash
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#33,233
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of wash in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for wash is 4 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #33,233 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for wash, with forms such as "awsh", "wahs", and "washh". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "West", "wise", "watt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is wash, spelled W-A-S-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    tirar as impurezas usando-se de água ou outro líquido; lavar
  2. 2
    mover pela força da água em movimento

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: awsh,wahs,washh,wassh,wsah,wwash

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for wash

Misspelling Variants of "wash"

awsh4wahs4washh5wassh5wsah4wwash5
Misspelling Variants of "wash"

Frequency rank: #33,233 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wash"?
"wash" is spelled W-A-S-H.
What does "wash" mean?
As a verb, "wash" means: tirar as impurezas usando-se de água ou outro líquido; lavar
What words are commonly confused with "wash"?
"wash" is commonly confused with "West", "wise", "watt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "wash" come from?
"wash" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter W in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.