lavash
/ləˈvɑːʃ/noun
lavash is spelled L-A-V-A-S-H: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lavash means “A soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor, and sometimes sprinkled with sesame seeds or poppy seeds before…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lavash is lavashes.
How many letters and syllables are in lavash?
| Letters | 6: L-A-V-A-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lavash?
Lavash appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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 lavash?
- UK /ləˈvɑːʃ/
- UK /ləˈvaʃ/
Lavash has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lavash.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lavash?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lavash from its last stressed vowel (/ɑʃ/, British pronunciation):
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 lavash
- lavashes plural
- lavache
- levash
- levache
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lavash mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor, and sometimes sprinkled with sesame seeds or poppy seeds before baking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lavash in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a soft, thin flatbread:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lavash |
| German | Lavash |
| Portuguese | pão lavash |
| Spanish | lavash |
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 lavash come from?
From Armenian լավաշ (lavaš) and partly from Turkish lavaş. See there for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).