trencher
/ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/noun
trencher is spelled T-R-E-N-C-H-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. 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, trencher means “Someone who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trencher is trenchers.
How many letters and syllables are in trencher?
| Letters | 8: T-R-E-N-C-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th 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 trencher?
Trencher 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 trencher?
- /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Trencher has 2 syllables (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-trencher.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with trencher?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as trencher.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: retrench.
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 trencher
- trenchers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trencher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA plate on which food is served or cut.
- 2
Someone who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches.
- 3
A machine for digging trenches.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does trencher come from?
From Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour and Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”). See trench (verb).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).