Cauchy
/ˈkoʊ.ʃi/adjective
Cauchy is spelled C-A-U-C-H-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Cauchy means “Of a sequence in a metric space, whose terms become arbitrarily close to one another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Cauchy?
| Letters | 6: C-A-U-C-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Cauchy?
Cauchy appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th 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 Cauchy?
- UK /ˈkəʊ.ʃi/
- US /ˈkoʊ.ʃi/
Cauchy has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Cauchy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Cauchy?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Cauchy from its last stressed vowel (/oʊʃi/):
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 Cauchy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of a sequence in a metric space, whose terms become arbitrarily close to one another.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Cauchy come from?
Borrowed from French Cauchy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).