escabeche
es·ca·beche/ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪ.tʃeɪ/noun
escabeche is spelled E-S-C-A-B-E-C-H-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (es·ca·beche). It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, escabeche means “A dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of escabeche is escabeches.
How many letters and syllables are in escabeche?
| Letters | 9: E-S-C-A-B-E-C-H-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: es·ca·beche |
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is escabeche?
Escabeche appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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 escabeche?
- UK /ˌɛs.kəˈbɛtʃ.ɪ/
- US /ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪ.tʃeɪ/
- US /ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪʃ/
Escabeche has 3 syllables, split es·ca·beche in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of escabeche
- escabeches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does escabeche mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Escabeche in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vin:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does escabeche come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish escabeche, from Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (assukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*sḵbʾk' /*sikbāg/) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)). Possibly related to ceviche. Doublet of caveach and sikbaj.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).