quiche
/kiːʃ/noun, adjective
quiche is spelled Q-U-I-C-H-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quiche means “A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quiche is quiches.
How many letters and syllables are in quiche?
| Letters | 6: Q-U-I-C-H-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is quiche?
Quiche appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 quiche?
- /kiːʃ/
Quiche has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-quiche.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of quiche
- quiches plural
- more quiche comparative
- most quiche superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quiche mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.
adjective
- 1
slangExtremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring.
I'm not even bragging, but me and my friends are pretty much quiche.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quiche in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a kind of pie:
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 quiche come from?
Borrowed from French quiche, from Lorraine Rhine Franconian Küeche (“cake”), from Middle High German kuoche (German Kuchen, English kuchen), from Old High German kuocho, kuohho, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (English cookie), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”), whence also English cake (via Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”)). Compare Persian کوکو (kuku, “quiche”). More at cake. The sexually alluring sense originates from the 2013 Australian TV sitcom Ja'mie: Private School Girl, where it is defined as "a step above hot".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).