Quiche

[kɪʃ]

/[kɪʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Quiche” is uncommon German (frequency #71,753 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,753
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - herzhafter Kuchen mit einer würzigen Füllung, die meist Eier und Sahne enthält

Corpus desk

Index DE-quiche · Quiche · German

Quiche · rank #71,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,753
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH querbeet

Nearest frequency peer: querbeet (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Quiche“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Quiche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Quiche
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuiche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɪʃ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,753
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Quiche“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Quichefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „querbeet“ (#71,752), „Quälerei“ (#71,754), „Ramin“ (#71,756). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „Quiche“ bei #71,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Quiche is uncommon German at frequency #71,753 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "herzhafter Kuchen mit einer würzigen Füllung, die meist Eier und Sahne enthält".

Quiche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Quiche, spelled Q-U-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    herzhafter Kuchen mit einer würzigen Füllung, die meist Eier und Sahne enthält

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Quiche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Quiche ist eine Spezialität der französischen Küche.
  2. Der Boden der Quiche wird zuerst vorgebacken, danach wird die Füllung auf den Boden gegeben und im Ofen gebacken.

This word in other languages

quiche(English)quiche(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Quiche"?
"Quiche" is spelled Q-U-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kɪʃ].
What does "Quiche" mean?
As a noun, "Quiche" means: herzhafter Kuchen mit einer würzigen Füllung, die meist Eier und Sahne enthält
How do you pronounce "Quiche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quiche" is [kɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quiche" come from?
"Quiche" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Quiche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reizte#71,772Patres#71,695oraler#71,679solare#71,851

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list