seiche
/seɪʃ/noun
seiche is spelled S-E-I-C-H-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seiche means “A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, or other confined body of water such as a fjord, characteristic of its geometry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seiche is seiches.
How many letters and syllables are in seiche?
| Letters | 6: S-E-I-C-H-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is seiche?
Seiche appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st 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 seiche?
- UK /seɪʃ/
- US /seɪʃ/
- US /sit͡ʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-seiche.ogg, En-us-seiche-2.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of seiche
- seiches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seiche mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, or other confined body of water such as a fjord, characteristic of its geometry.
In September 2023, we detected the start of a 9-day-long, global . . . very-long-period seismic signal, originating from East Greenland. . . .this event started with a glacial thinning-induced rock-ice avalanche of 25 million cubic meters p
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seiche in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense standing wave in a lake:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Seiche |
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 seiche come from?
From Swiss French seiche, perhaps from German Seiche (“sinking”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).