tranche
/tɹɑ̃ʃ/noun, verb
tranche is spelled T-R-A-N-C-H-E: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tranche means “A slice, section or portion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tranche is tranches.
How many letters and syllables are in tranche?
| Letters | 7: T-R-A-N-C-H-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 55,433rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 tranche?
Tranche appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 55,433rd 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 tranche?
- US /tɹɑ̃ʃ/
- US /tɹɑ̃nʃ/
- US /tɹɑ̃nt͡ʃ/
Tranche 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-tranche.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tranche?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tranche from its last stressed vowel (/ɑʃ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: chanter.
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 tranche
- tranches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- tranching participle, present
- tranched participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tranche mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A slice, section or portion.
- 2
A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
- 3
A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
- 4
One of a set of classes or risk maturities that compose a multiple-class security, such as a CMO or REMIC; a class of bonds. Collateralized mortgage obligations are structured with several tranches of bonds that have various maturities.
verb
- 1
To divide into tranches.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tranche in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense finance:
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 tranche come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French tranche, form of trancher (“to cut, to slice”), from Old French trenchier (“cut, make a cut”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“cut in three parts”). Doublet of traunch and trench.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).