fusilli
/ˌfjuːˈsɪ.li/noun
fusilli is a noun meaning “Pasta in the shape of short spirals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-S-I-L-L-I and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fusilli is fusillis.
What does fusilli mean?
noun
- 1
Pasta in the shape of short spirals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fusilli?
- /ˌfjuːˈsɪ.li/
Fusilli has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fusilli.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fusilli
- fusillis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fusilli?
Fusilli appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fusilli in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pasta:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fusilli |
| German | Fusilli, Spirelli |
| Portuguese | fusilli |
| Spanish | fusilli, fuchile, fussil, refusil |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fusilli come from?
From Italian fusilli, plural of fusillo, diminutive of fuso (“spindle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).