mech
/mɛk/noun, adjective
mech is spelled M-E-C-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mech means “A large piloted combat robot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mech is mechs. or mechs.
How many letters and syllables are in mech?
| Letters | 4: M-E-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 mech?
Mech appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 mech?
- /mɛk/
Mech 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-mech.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mech?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mech.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: chem.
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 mech
- mechs. plural
- mechs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mech mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large piloted combat robot.
- 2
A robot.
- 3
Clipping of mechanic.
- 4
Clipping of mechanics.
- 5
Clipping of (derailleur) mechanism.
front/rear mech
noun
- 1
An ethnic group belonging to the Bodo-Kachari group of peoples; one of the scheduled tribes of India.
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of mechanical.
- 2
Abbreviation of mechanized.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mech come from?
Ultimately from mechanical, mechanic, perhaps via mecha.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).