ceviche
/səˈviːt͡ʃeɪ/
"ceviche" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ceviche” is uncommon English (frequency #55,315 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,315
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ceviche |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /səˈviːt͡ʃeɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ceviche” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ceviche is uncommon English at frequency #55,315 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /səˈviːt͡ʃeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ceviche, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish cebiche, of uncertain origin; see that entry for more. The correct English form is ceviche, spelled C-E-V-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cebiche, of uncertain origin; see that entry for more.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-E-V-I-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.