varchar
/ˈvɑɹt͡ʃɑɹ/noun
varchar is a noun meaning “A text field of indeterminate length in a database, as opposed to the traditional fixed-length field” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-R-C-H-A-R, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of varchar is varchars.
What does varchar mean?
noun
- 1
A text field of indeterminate length in a database, as opposed to the traditional fixed-length field.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce varchar?
- UK /ˈvɑːt͡ʃɑː/
- US /ˈvɑɹt͡ʃɑɹ/
- US /ˈvɛ(ə)ɹkɛ(ə)ɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of varchar
- varchars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is varchar?
Varchar appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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).
Where does varchar come from?
From the data type name, a shortening of variable character.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).