tachy
/ˌtæk.ɪ/noun, adjective
tachy is spelled T-A-C-H-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tachy means “Tachycardia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tachy?
| Letters | 5: T-A-C-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th 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 tachy?
Tachy appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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 tachy?
- UK /ˌtæk.ɪ/
- US /ˌtæk.ɪ/
- US /ˌtæk.ə/
Tachy has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with tachy?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tachy.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: yacht.
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 tachy
- tacho-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tachy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialTachycardia.
- 2
colloquialTachypnoea.
adjective
- 1
colloquialTachycardic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tachy come from?
Clipping of terms prefixed with tachy-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).