koch
/kɑt͡ʃ/noun
koch is spelled K-O-C-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, koch means “A wooden sailing ship of Russian design for use in the Arctic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of koch is koches.
How many letters and syllables are in koch?
| Letters | 4: K-O-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.4 times per million words; the 12,216th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 koch?
Koch appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th 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 koch?
- UK /kɒt͡ʃ/
- US /kɑt͡ʃ/
Koch 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).
What rhymes with koch?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as koch from its last stressed vowel (/ɑtʃ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hock, chok.
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 koch
- koches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does koch mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wooden sailing ship of Russian design for use in the Arctic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does koch come from?
Borrowed from Russian коч (koč).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).