tech
/tɛk/noun, verb
tech is spelled T-E-C-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 49 times per million words in written English, the 2,072nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tech means “Technology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tech is techs.
How many letters and syllables are in tech?
| Letters | 4: T-E-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 49 times per million words; the 2,072nd 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 tech?
Tech appears 49 times per million words in written English, the 2,072nd 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 tech?
- /tɛk/
- [tʰɛk]
Tech 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tech.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tech?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tech.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: chet, etch, echt.
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 tech
- techs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- teching participle, present
- teched participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tech mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalTechnology.
I can't understand all this new tech.
- 2
informalTechnology businesses or the technology industry, especially in the field of computing and the Internet.
Tech giants such as Google and Facebook have too much power.
- 3
informalTechnician; technologist.
The service writers collaborate with the techs and communicate with the customers.
- 4
informalTechnique.
- 5
informalTechnical college; technical school.
Greenville Technical College is informally known as Greenville Tech.
- 6
informalClipping of technical rehearsal.
- 7
Clipping of technical inspection
- 8
informalShort for technical foul.
verb
- 1
To perform a technical (a special move in fighting games that cancels out an opposing attack).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tech come from?
Clipping of technology, technician, and technique.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).