pleach
/plit͡ʃ/verb, noun
pleach is spelled P-L-E-A-C-H: 6 letters. As a verb, pleach means “To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pleach?
| Letters | 6: P-L-E-A-C-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 do you pronounce pleach?
- UK /pliːtʃ/
- US /plit͡ʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pleach.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pleach?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pleach from its last stressed vowel (/itʃ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: chapel.
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 pleach
- pleaches present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- pleaching participle, present
- pleached participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pleach mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.
noun
- 1
An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.
- 2
A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher.
- 3
A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pleach in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | plesser , plessage , plessis |
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 pleach come from?
The verb is from Late Middle English pleshe, Middle English plechen, pleche (“to layer; to propagate (a plant) by layering, to pleach”), possibly from Anglo-Norman and Middle French plesser, plessier, Middle French plescer, variants of Middle French, Old French plaissier, plessier (“to plash”), from Late Latin *plaxus, from Latin plexus (“braided, plaited, woven; bent, twisted”), perfect passive participle of plectō (“to braid, plait, weave; to bend, turn, twist”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).