naches
/ˈnɑx.əs/noun
naches is spelled N-A-C-H-E-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, naches means “A feeling of contentment at another person's successes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in naches?
| Letters | 6: N-A-C-H-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd 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; 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 naches?
Naches appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 naches?
- US /ˈnɑx.əs/
Naches 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-naches.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with naches?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as naches (/ɑxəs/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sencha, encash.
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 naches
- nachas
- nakhes
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does naches mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A feeling of contentment at another person's successes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does naches come from?
From Yiddish נחת (nakhes), from Hebrew נַחַת (nákhat, “contentment”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).