peach
/ˈpiːt͡ʃ/noun, adjective
peach is spelled P-E-A-C-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, peach means “Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of peach is peaches.
How many letters and syllables are in peach?
| Letters | 5: P-E-A-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th 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 peach?
Peach appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th 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 peach?
- /ˈpiːt͡ʃ/
- [ˈpɪi̯t͡ʃ]
Peach has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-peach.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with peach?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as peach.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cheap, chape.
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 peach
- peaches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- more peach comparative
- most peach superlative
- peaching participle, present
- peached participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does peach mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
- 2
Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
- 3
A light yellow-red colour.
- 4
informalA particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
- 5
Buttock or bottom.
- 6
obsoleteA particular rock found in tin mines, sometimes associated with chlorite.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the color peach.
- 2
Particularly pleasing or agreeable.
noun
- 1
USinformalA native or resident of Georgia in the United States.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo inform on someone; turn informer.
- 2
obsoleteTo inform against.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Peach in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pêcher , pêche |
| German | Pfirsichbaum , Pfirsich |
| Portuguese | pessegueiro , pêssego , cor pêssego |
| Spanish | duraznero, durazno, melocotonero, melocotón |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does peach come from?
From Middle English peche, borrowed from Old French pesche (French pêche), Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca) from Late Latin persica, from Classical Latin mālum persicum, from Ancient Greek μᾶλον περσικόν (mâlon persikón, “Persian apple”). Displaced Middle English persogȝe, from Old English persoc, ultimately from the same Latin root above.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).