dacha

Name: dacha, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈdæt͡ʃ.ə/

//ˈdæt͡ʃ.ə// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“dacha” is uncommon English (frequency #79,431 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,431
frequency rank, English: 26,416
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.

Key facts for dacha
Property	Value
Headword	dacha
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈdæt͡ʃ.ə/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#79,431
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dacha” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dacha lands here:

#79,431

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dacha is uncommon English at frequency #79,431 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdæt͡ʃ.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dacha, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian да́ча (dáča), originally "gift, portion, land (granted by a prince)", from дать (datʹ, “to give”). The correct English form is dacha, spelled D-A-C-H-A.

Definition

1
A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да́ча (dáča), originally "gift, portion, land (granted by a prince)", from дать (datʹ, “to give”).

This word in other languages

dacha(Español)datcha(Français)Datscha(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dacha"?

"dacha" is spelled D-A-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdæt͡ʃ.ə/.

What does "dacha" mean?

As a noun, "dacha" means: A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.

How do you pronounce "dacha"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dacha" is /ˈdæt͡ʃ.ə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "dacha"?

Borrowed from Russian да́ча (dáča), originally "gift, portion, land (granted by a prince)", from дать (datʹ, “to give”). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “dacha”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is D-A-C-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.