treacher
/ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹ/obsolete
treacher is spelled T-R-E-A-C-H-E-R: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, treacher means “A traitor or deceiver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of treacher is treachers.
How many letters and syllables are in treacher?
| Letters | 8: T-R-E-A-C-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is treacher?
Treacher appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 treacher?
- /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-treacher.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does treacher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA traitor or deceiver.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does treacher come from?
From Middle English trecher, from Old French trecheor (modern tricheur), from trechier, tricher (“to cheat, trick”). Compare English trick.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).