Wasabi

/[vaˈsaːbi]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#70,984

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Wasabi is aGermannoun. It means: Japanische Meerrettichart Pronounced [vaˈsaːbi].

Key facts for Wasabi
PropertyValue
HeadwordWasabi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vaˈsaːbi]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,984
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Wasabi in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Wasabi is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vaˈsaːbi]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,984 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Wasabi in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Wasabi, spelled W-A-S-A-B-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Japanische Meerrettichart
  2. 2
    Gewürzzubereitung aus ^([1]) (oder ein Imitat davon), insbesondere für Sushi und Sashimi

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #70,984 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wasabi"?
"Wasabi" is spelled W-A-S-A-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is [vaˈsaːbi].
What does "Wasabi" mean?
As a noun, "Wasabi" means: Japanische Meerrettichart
How do you pronounce "Wasabi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wasabi" is [vaˈsaːbi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wasabi" come from?
"Wasabi" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.