fish slice

noun

"fish-slice" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fish slice” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.

Corpus desk

Index EN-fish-slice · fish slice · English

fish slice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for fish slice
PropertyValue
Headwordfish slice
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fish slice” in English

fish slicefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fish slice is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for fish slice in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From fish + slice (“spatula”). The correct English form is fish slice, spelled F-I-S-H- -S-L-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Would you pass me that fish slice, please; I'm making a mess trying to turn this omelette.
  2. Truly the sign of an evolved person who has their shit together is that they’ve graduated beyond using a fish slice for everything (which they erroneously call a spatula).

Etymology

From fish + slice (“spatula”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fish slice"?
"fish slice" is spelled F-I-S-H- -S-L-I-C-E.
What does "fish slice" mean?
As a noun, "fish slice" means: A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.
What is the origin of the word "fish slice"?
From fish + slice (“spatula”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list