quiche

/kiːʃ/

//kiːʃ// noun

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"quiche" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“quiche” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,126
frequency rank, English
288
“Q” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.

Corpus desk

Index EN-quiche · quiche · English

quiche · rank #46,126 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,126
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 288
  • PHOTO-FINISH queasy

Nearest frequency peer: queasy (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “quiche”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “quiche” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

quiche vs quite
67% similar
quiche vs quick
67% similar
quiche vs quince
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for quiche
PropertyValue
Headwordquiche
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kiːʃ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,126
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “quiche”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).quichelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “queasy” (#46,125), “Qureshi” (#46,128), “Radley” (#46,129). Among 288 “Q” headwords, “quiche” is #46,126. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around quiche (IPA /kiːʃ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,126 among 288 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for quiche, with forms such as "qiuche", "qquiche", and "qucihe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "quite", "quick", "quince", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: 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- (“ba… The correct English form is quiche, spelled Q-U-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.

Etymology

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".

This word in other languages

quiche(Español)quiche(Français)Quiche(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qiuche
  • qquiche
  • qucihe
  • quicche
  • quiceh
  • quichhe
  • quihce
  • uqiche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quiche - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

qiuche2qquiche1qucihe2quicche1quiceh2quichhe1quihce2uqiche2
Edit distance from "quiche"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quiche"?
"quiche" is spelled Q-U-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is /kiːʃ/.
What does "quiche" mean?
As a noun, "quiche" means: A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.
What words are commonly confused with "quiche"?
"quiche" is commonly confused with "quite", "quick", "quince". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "quiche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quiche" is /kiːʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "quiche"?
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 ... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quiche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

queasy#46,125Radley#46,129puller#46,121redraw#46,139

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

plebs8 variantsPassaic8 variantsroused8 variantsSasaki8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list