pasch
/ˈpæsk/obsolete
pasch is spelled P-A-S-C-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pasch means “The feast of Passover or (specifically) the Paschal Lamb, or (for Christians), Easter, seen as the fulfillment of Passover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pasch?
| Letters | 5: P-A-S-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th 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 pasch?
Pasch appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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 pasch?
- /ˈpæsk/
Pasch 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).
What rhymes with pasch?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pasch.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: chaps.
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).
What does pasch mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicThe feast of Passover or (specifically) the Paschal Lamb, or (for Christians), Easter, seen as the fulfillment of Passover.
- 2
archaicThe Paschal Mystery; the death and resurrection of Jesus.
noun
- 1
archaicPassover.
- 2
archaicEaster.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pasch come from?
Borrowed from Latin pascha. Perhaps also influenced by Old Norse páskar and its derivatives.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).