quiche
[ˈkit͡ʃe]
The verdict
“quiche” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #67,221 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,221
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pastel de masa quebrada y relleno salado ligado con huevo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quiche |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkit͡ʃe] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quiche” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for quiche is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkit͡ʃe]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,221 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pastel de masa quebrada y relleno salado ligado con huevo.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for quiche, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is quiche, spelled Q-U-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Pastel de masa quebrada y relleno salado ligado con huevo.
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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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “quiche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-I-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkit͡ʃe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.