onigiri
/ˌoʊ.nɪˈɡɪɹ.i/noun
onigiri is spelled O-N-I-G-I-R-I: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, onigiri means “A Japanese food made by putting ingredients into white rice, wrapping the outside with laver, and shaping it into a triangle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of onigiri is onigiris.
How many letters and syllables are in onigiri?
| Letters | 7: O-N-I-G-I-R-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is onigiri?
Onigiri appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 onigiri?
- US /ˌoʊ.nɪˈɡɪɹ.i/
Onigiri has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-onigiri.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with onigiri?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as onigiri from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of onigiri
- onigiris plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does onigiri mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Japanese food made by putting ingredients into white rice, wrapping the outside with laver, and shaping it into a triangle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Onigiri in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Japanese rice ball:
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 onigiri come from?
Borrowed from Japanese お握り (onigiri).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).