mitch
/mɪt͡ʃ/verb
mitch is spelled M-I-T-C-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Mitch, the name). As a verb, mitch means “To pilfer; filch; steal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mitch?
| Letters | 5: M-I-T-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is mitch?
Mitch appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Mitch, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mitch?
- /mɪt͡ʃ/
Mitch 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-mitch.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with mitch
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of mitch
- mitches present, singular, he/she/it
- mitching participle, present
- mitched participle, past
- mich
- mych
- myche
- meech
- meach
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mitch mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To pilfer; filch; steal.
- 2
To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk.
- 3
IrelandTo be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant, to skive off.
"Did you ever mitch school?" he asked. "No. But I think this is what it would feel like."
- 4
To grumble secretly.
- 5
To pretend poverty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mitch come from?
From Middle English mychen, müchen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”), from Old English *mȳċan (“to steal”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūkijan, from Proto-Germanic *mūkijaną (“to waylay, ambush, hide, rob”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewg- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with Scots mich, myche (“to steal”), Saterland Frisian mogeln (“to act secretively and deceitfully”), Dutch mokkelen (“to flatter”), Alemannic German mauchen (“to nibble secretively”), German mogeln (“to cheat”), German meucheln (“to assassinate”), Norwegian i mugg (“in secret, secretly”), Latin muger (“cheater”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).