thatch
/θæt͡ʃ/noun, verb
thatch is spelled T-H-A-T-C-H: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, thatch means “Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of thatch is thatches.
How many letters and syllables are in thatch?
| Letters | 6: T-H-A-T-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is thatch?
Thatch appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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 thatch?
- /θæt͡ʃ/
Thatch 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-thatch.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of thatch
- thatches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- thatching participle, present
- thatched participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does thatch mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- 2
Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
- 3
A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
- 4
Any strawlike material, such as a person's hair.
verb
- 1
To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Thatch in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chaume , couvrir de chaume |
| German | Reet, Dachstroh |
| Portuguese | colmo , colmar |
| Spanish | techo de paja, tejado de paja |
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 thatch come from?
Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).