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khichdi

/ˈkɪt͡ʃdi/noun

khichdi is spelled K-H-I-C-H-D-I: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, khichdi means “A South Asian dish of rice and lentils” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of khichdi is khichdis.

How many letters and syllables are in khichdi?

Letters7: K-H-I-C-H-D-I
In writingabout once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 khichdi?

Khichdi appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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 khichdi?

  • /ˈkɪt͡ʃdi/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sumxr-khichdi.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of khichdi

  • khichdis plural
  • khichdee
  • khichadi
  • khichari
  • khichiri
  • khichri
  • khichuri
  • kitcheree
  • kitchree
  • kichiri
  • kishri

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does khichdi mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A South Asian dish of rice and lentils.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does khichdi come from?

From Hindi खिचड़ी (khicṛī). Compare kedgeree.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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