such
/sʌt͡ʃ/determiner, pronoun, noun
such is spelled S-U-C-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 692 times per million words in written English, the 148th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a determiner, such means “Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in such?
| Letters | 4: S-U-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 692 times per million words; the 148th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 such?
Such appears 692 times per million words in written English, the 148th 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 such?
- /sʌt͡ʃ/
- /sɪt͡ʃ/
- /sɛt͡ʃ/
Such has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-such.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with such?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as such.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cush.
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 such
- sich
- sech
- soch
- soche
- suches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does such mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
determiner
- 1
Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.
- 2
Any.
the above address or at such other address as may be provided
- 3
Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.
Unfortunately, it wasn't such a good holiday as we thought it would be.
- 4
Used with gradable noun phrases to form exclamations.
Such hypocrisy!
- 5
obsoleteA certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
pronoun
- 1
A person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
Such is life, such as it is.
noun
- 1
Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Such in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tel , tellement |
| German | solch, derartig, so ein , ein |
| Portuguese | tal, assim |
| Spanish | así, tal, semejante , tan, qué |
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 such come from?
From Middle English such, swuch, swich, swilch, swulch, from Old English swelċ, from Proto-West Germanic *swalīk, from Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz (“so formed, so like”), equivalent to so + like. Cognate with Scots swilk, sic, sik (“such”), Saterland Frisian suk (“such”), West Frisian suk, sok (“such”), Low German sülk, sulk, suk (“such”), Dutch zulk (“such”), German solch (“such”), Danish slig (“like that, such”), Swedish slik (“such”), Icelandic slíkur (“such”). More at so, like.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).