troche
/ˈtɹoʊ.ki/noun
troche is spelled T-R-O-C-H-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, troche means “A lozenge; a cough drop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of troche is troches.
How many letters and syllables are in troche?
| Letters | 6: T-R-O-C-H-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th 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 troche?
Troche appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 troche?
- US /ˈtɹoʊ.ki/
- UK /ˈtɹəʊʃ/
Troche 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-troche.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with troche?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as troche from its last stressed vowel (/oʊki/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hector, rochet, tocher.
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 troche
- troches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does troche mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lozenge; a cough drop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does troche come from?
Medical English got troche and trochiscus from late Latin trochiscus; from Ancient Greek τρόχισκος (trókhiskos, “a small ball”), ultimately from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).