kiwicha
\ki.wi.ʃa\
The verdict
“kiwicha” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire de Amaranthus caudatus ou amarante queue-de-renard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kiwicha · kiwicha · French
kiwicha · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kiwicha |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ki.wi.ʃa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kiwicha » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kiwicha is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ki.wi.ʃa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
kiwicha has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is kiwicha, spelled K-I-W-I-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire de Amaranthus caudatus ou amarante queue-de-renard.
- 2Nous passons à San Salvador, le berceau du kiwicha, une graine sacrée des Incas. Chez nous, nous l'appelons amarante queue-de-renard ou amarante caudée. La teneur en protéines est très élevée et la répartition en acides aminé optimale. — (Gwenaël Vourc'h-Sergé, Les cols de la vie"", Éd.Publishroom, 2022)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kiwicha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans notre petite ferme, nous avons de la quinoa, de la kiwicha (amarante), de la pomme de terre, de l'oca, du camote (patate douce), un peu de tout.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.