knish
/kəˈnɪʃ/noun
knish is spelled K-N-I-S-H: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, knish means “An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of knish is knishes.
How many letters and syllables are in knish?
| Letters | 5: K-N-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is knish?
Knish appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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).
How do you pronounce knish?
- /kəˈnɪʃ/
- /knɪʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-knish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of knish
- knishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does knish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does knish come from?
Borrowed from Yiddish קניש (knish), from Polish knysz and Ukrainian книш (knyš).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).