ranch
/ˈɹænt͡ʃ/noun, verb
ranch is spelled R-A-N-C-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ranch means “A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ranch is ranches.
How many letters and syllables are in ranch?
| Letters | 5: R-A-N-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 ranch?
Ranch appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th 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 ranch?
- UK /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/
- US /ˈɹænt͡ʃ/
- US [ˈɹʷænt͡ʃ]
Ranch has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ranch.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ranch?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ranch from its last stressed vowel (/æntʃ/):
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 ranch
- ranches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ranching participle, present
- ranched participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ranch mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
- 2
A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
- 3
A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
- 4
A ranch-style house.
- 5
Ranch dressing.
verb
- 1
To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
- 2
To work on a ranch.
Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ranch in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 ranch come from?
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).