arched
/ɑɹt͡ʃt/adjective, verb
arched is spelled A-R-C-H-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, arched means “Curved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in arched?
| Letters | 6: A-R-C-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is arched?
Arched appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th 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).
How do you pronounce arched?
- US /ɑɹt͡ʃt/
- UK /ɑːtʃt/
Arched has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-arched.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with arched?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as arched from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹtʃt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: echard.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does arched mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Curved.
His arched back ached from the constant strain.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of arch
He arched his back into a half-moon curve trying to get the stiffness out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).