Czech
/t͡ʃɛk/adjective, noun
Czech is spelled C-Z-E-C-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Czech means “Of, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Czech?
| Letters | 5: C-Z-E-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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 Czech?
Czech appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd 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 Czech?
- US /t͡ʃɛk/
- Australia /t͡ʃek/
Czech 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-Czech.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with Czech
Sounds like: check, cheque (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with Czech?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Czech from its last stressed vowel (/ɛk/):
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).
Forms of Czech
- Cz.
- Czechs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Czech mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language.
noun
- 1
A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Czech in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tchèque , Tchèque |
| German | tschechisch, böhmisch , Tscheche, Tschechin |
| Portuguese | tcheco, checo , tcheca, checa |
| Spanish | checo , checa |
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 Czech come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).