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douche

/duːʃ/noun, verb

douche is spelled D-O-U-C-H-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, douche means “A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of douche is douches.

How many letters and syllables are in douche?

Letters6: D-O-U-C-H-E
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is douche?

Douche appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 douche?

  • /duːʃ/

Douche 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-uk-douche.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of douche

  • douches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • douching participle, present
  • douched participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does douche mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.

  2. 2

    Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe.

  3. 3

    obsoleteA jet or spray of any liquid.

  4. 4

    slangvulgarEllipsis of douchebag (“objectionable person”).

verb

  1. 1

    To administer a douche to; to shower; to douse

  2. 2

    To use a douche.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Douche in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchdouche, douche vaginale (a jet or current of water or vapour directed…), poire de lavement (a syringe), doucher (to use a douche)
GermanDusche (a jet or current of water or vapour directed…), spülen (to use a douche)
Portugueseduche, ducha (a jet or current of water or vapour directed…), duchar (to use a douche)
Spanishducha (a jet or current of water or vapour directed…), jeringa (a syringe)

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 douche come from?

Borrowed from French douche (“shower”), from Italian doccia (“shower”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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