distich
/ˈdɪstɪk/noun, adjective
distich is spelled D-I-S-T-I-C-H: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, distich means “A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of distich is distichs.
How many letters and syllables are in distich?
| Letters | 7: D-I-S-T-I-C-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 87 million words; the 297,763rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is distich?
Distich appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd 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 distich?
- /ˈdɪstɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-distich.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of distich
- distichs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does distich mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
- 2
Any couplet.
adjective
- 1
Distichous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Distich in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a two line stanza making complete sense:
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 distich come from?
From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).