sachem
sa·chem/ˈseɪt͡ʃəm/noun
sachem is spelled S-A-C-H-E-M: 6 letters and 2 syllables (sa·chem). It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sachem means “A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sachem is sachems.
How many letters and syllables are in sachem?
| Letters | 6: S-A-C-H-E-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sa·chem |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th 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 sachem?
Sachem appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 sachem?
- US /ˈseɪt͡ʃəm/
- US /ˈsæt͡ʃəm/
Sachem has 2 syllables, split sa·chem in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with sachem?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sachem (/eɪtʃəm/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: schema.
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 sachem
- sachems plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sachem mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USA chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore.
- 2
USinformalA boss, a leader.
- 3
USarchaicinformalAn eminent member of a group, or an eminent person in society; a sagamore.
- 4
USA high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization.
- 5
USA butterfly of the Americas, Atalopedes campestris.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sachem come from?
Borrowed from Narragansett sachem; compare Mi'kmaq saqamaw (“chief”) and Unami sakima (“chief”), all ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *sa·kima·wa. Doublet of sagamore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).