lich
/lɪtʃ/noun
lich is spelled L-I-C-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lich means “A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lich is liches or lichs.
How many letters and syllables are in lich?
| Letters | 4: L-I-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th 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 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 lich?
Lich appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th 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 lich?
- UK /lɪtʃ/
- /litʃ/
- /laɪx/
Lich 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lich.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lich?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lich from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtʃ/, 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 lich
- liches plural
- lichs plural
- lych
- lytch
- litch
- lyke
- more lich comparative
- most lich superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lich mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
- 2
UKarchaicA corpse or dead body.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteLike; resembling; equal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lich in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense undead being:
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 lich come from?
Inherited from Middle English lich, from Old English līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).