quichevsquickWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“quiche” and “quick” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,704
“quiche” frequency rank
#14,544
“quick” frequency rank
43248
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quiche quick
Definition Tarte. Revêtement dur de certains courts de tennis.

Where the eye mixes quiche and quick

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
quiche
5 ch
quick

Look-alike desk: quiche vs quick

A purely visual mix-up. quiche (\kiʃ\) and quick (\kwik\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quiche is recorded at frequency rank #28,704, classified as anoun, pronounced \kiʃ\. quick is at rank #14,544, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kwik\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 43248, this pair ranks #219,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of quiche vs quick

Shared letters: ciqu. Private to "quiche": eh. Private to "quick": k.

"quiche" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "quick" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quicheqiuche · qquiche · qucihe · quicche · quiceh · quichhe · quihce · uqiche
  • quickqiuck · qquick · qucik · quicck · quickk · quikc · uqick

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "quiche" and "quick" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kiʃ\ versus \kwik\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "quiche" vs "quick" - which ranks higher?
"quick" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,544 in our French list, against #28,704 for "quiche". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "quiche" and "quick" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quiche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quick" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #219,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quiche" and "quick" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quiche vs quite". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #219,545 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list