# quiche

> English word · Noun · IPA /kiːʃ/ · frequency rank #46,126

## Definitions
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".

## Easily confused with
- **quite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiche-vs-quite)
- **quick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiche-vs-quick)
- **quince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiche-vs-quince)
- **quicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiche-vs-quicker)
- **quicken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiche-vs-quicken)
- **quickie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quiche-vs-quickie)

## Common misspellings (8)
`qiuche`, `qquiche`, `qucihe`, `quicche`, `quiceh`, `quichhe`, `quihce`, `uqiche`

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