# kimchi

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #35,376

## Definitions
1. A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.
2. A Korean person.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi), ultimately composed within Korea of Chinese-derived morphemes 沉 (MC drim, “submerged, soaked”) and 菜 (MC tshojH, “vegetable”), i.e. "fermented vegetable". Doublet of kimuchi.

## Easily confused with
- **Kochi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kimchi-vs-kochi)
- **Koichi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kimchi-vs-koichi)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ikmchi`, `kicmhi`, `kimcchi`, `kimchhi`, `kimcih`, `kimhci`, `kimmchi`, `kkimchi`, `kmichi`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kimchi