Mishima
"mishima" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mishima” is uncommon English (frequency #62,327 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,327
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A slip inlay style of ceramic pottery adopted from Korea, probably in the 16th century.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mishima · Mishima · English
Mishima · rank #62,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,327
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH misadventure
Nearest frequency peer: misadventure (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Mishima”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- minaret
minaret
37,679 corpus weight
- minter
minter
37,677 corpus weight
- minuet
minuet
37,676 corpus weight
- misadventure
misadventure
37,675 corpus weight
- Mishima
Mishima
37,674 corpus weight
- Moffatt
Moffatt
37,667 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mishima” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mishima |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mishima” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mishima is uncommon English at frequency #62,327 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A slip inlay style of ceramic pottery adopted from Korea, probably in the 16th century.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Mishima in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named either after the Japanese island of Mishima, where the original pottery was transported from Korea, or after a radiating character of almanacs made in Mishima, Japan. The correct English form is Mishima, spelled M-I-S-H-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1A slip inlay style of ceramic pottery adopted from Korea, probably in the 16th century.
Etymology
Named either after the Japanese island of Mishima, where the original pottery was transported from Korea, or after a radiating character of almanacs made in Mishima, Japan.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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