Pesach
/ˈpɛsɑːx/
"pesach" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pesach” is uncommon English (frequency #79,849 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,849
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Jewish festival of Passover.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pesach · Pesach · English
Pesach · rank #79,849 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,849
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH percolate
Nearest frequency peer: percolate (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Pesach”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- percolate
percolate
20,154 corpus weight
- Pesach
Pesach
20,152 corpus weight
- Pewds
Pewds
20,150 corpus weight
- PFD
PFD
20,149 corpus weight
- phytophthora
phytophthora
20,147 corpus weight
- pili
pili
20,146 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pesach” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pesach |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɛsɑːx/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Pesach” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pesach is uncommon English at frequency #79,849 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpɛsɑːx/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The Jewish festival of Passover.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pesach, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh, “Passover”). Doublet of Pasch, Pascha, paska, and paskha. The correct English form is Pesach, spelled P-E-S-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1The Jewish festival of Passover.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh, “Passover”). Doublet of Pasch, Pascha, paska, and paskha.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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