kalach
noun
kalach is spelled K-A-L-A-C-H: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kalach means “Traditional East Slavic bread shaped like a padlock or various kinds of wheels. Other Slavic nations have similar but not identical types of pastry…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kalach is kalaches or kalachs.
How many letters and syllables are in kalach?
| Letters | 6: K-A-L-A-C-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd 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 kalach?
Kalach appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd 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).
Forms of kalach
- kalaches plural
- kalachs plural
- kalachi plural
- kalatch
- kolach
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kalach mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Traditional East Slavic bread shaped like a padlock or various kinds of wheels. Other Slavic nations have similar but not identical types of pastry, e.g. Czech or Slovak koláč/koláč, Polish kołacz, Bulgarian колач (kolač), Serbo-Croatian колач/kolač, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kalach in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense traditional East Slavic bread (or its equivalent):
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | kalatch |
| German | Kalatsch |
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 kalach come from?
Transliteration of Russian кала́ч (kaláč) or Ukrainian кала́ч (kaláč), also spelled кола́ч (koláč).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).