ish vs on the order of

ish

adv

  • about, approximately 

  • somewhat, reasonably, fairly 

noun

  • The letter which stands for the sh sound /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand. 

  • Shit. 

on the order of

adv

  • Approximately. 

prep

  • In the manner of; along the lines of; like; of a similar kind to; more-or-less equivalent to. 

How often have the words ish and on the order of occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )