paycheque
noun
paycheque is spelled P-A-Y-C-H-E-Q-U-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, paycheque means “Alternative form of paycheck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of paycheque is paycheques.
How many letters and syllables are in paycheque?
| Letters | 9: P-A-Y-C-H-E-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 100,430th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is paycheque?
Paycheque appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th 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).
Forms of paycheque
- paycheques plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paycheque mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of paycheck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does paycheque come from?
From pay (“wages or salary”) + cheque (“means of payment”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).