quiche

\kiʃ\

/\kiʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“quiche” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,704. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,704
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tarte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quiche · quiche · French

quiche · rank #28,704 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,704
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quenelle

Nearest frequency peer: quenelle (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « quiche »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « quiche » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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 quick
67% similar
quiche vs quite
67% similar
quiche vs quitte
67% similar

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

Key facts for quiche
PropertyValue
Headwordquiche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kiʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,704
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quiche »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.quichese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « quenelle » (#28,703), « rad » (#28,705), « pupitre » (#28,702). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quiche » est au #28,704. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around quiche (IPA \kiʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,704 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for quiche, with forms such as "qiuche", "qquiche", and "qucihe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "quick", "quite", "quitte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is quiche, spelled Q-U-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tarte.
  2. 2
    Tarte salée remplie d’un mélange de lait ou de crème, d’œufs, et d’autres ingrédients (selon les cas lardons, jambon, poisson, légumes, fromage…).
  3. 3
    Personne tarte, peu douée, maladroite, qui n'a pas la réflexion vive.
  4. 4
    Coup, giffle.
  5. 5
    (Isérois) Personne incompétente, nulle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how quiche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une servante étalait le dessert sur la table, les quiches aux « quetsches » dont le jus coulait parfumé, les gâteaux à la croûte dorée et craquante, les tartes aux pommes, larges comme des fonds de tonneau et dont la pâte avait un goût fin de cannelle.
  2. Les mirabelliers rongés de lichens jaunâtres, lui rappelèrent des jours d'été, où sa mère chauffait le four pour cuire les « quiches », les tartes juteuses.

This word in other languages

quiche(English)torta(Português)

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 - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

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 French 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 \kiʃ\.
What does "quiche" mean?
As a noun, "quiche" means: Tarte.
What words are commonly confused with "quiche"?
"quiche" is commonly confused with "quick", "quite", "quitte". 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 \kiʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quiche" come from?
"quiche" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

prisée#28,698pocket#28,693Osiris#28,673seigle#28,741

Similar misspelling depth

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

Perth8 variantsparks8 variantssilice8 variantsSirius8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list