lech
/lɛt͡ʃ/
"lech" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lech” is uncommon English (frequency #52,450 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,450
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lech · lech · English
lech · rank #52,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,450
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH leasehold
Nearest frequency peer: leasehold (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “lech”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- latrine
latrine
47,555 corpus weight
- leasehold
leasehold
47,552 corpus weight
- lech
lech
47,551 corpus weight
- legwork
legwork
47,550 corpus weight
- leng
leng
47,549 corpus weight
- liaise
liaise
47,546 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lech” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lech |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɛt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lech” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lech is uncommon English at frequency #52,450 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɛt͡ʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lech, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from lecher. The correct English form is lech, spelled L-E-C-H.
Definition
- 1A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
- 2A lecher.
Etymology
Back-formation from lecher.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).