rikishi
"rikishi" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rikishi” is uncommon English (frequency #95,348 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,348
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sumo wrestler.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rikishi · rikishi · English
rikishi · rank #95,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,348
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Ripp
Nearest frequency peer: Ripp (+2 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 “rikishi”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- repayable
repayable
4,662 corpus weight
- resolver
resolver
4,659 corpus weight
- Riegel
Riegel
4,656 corpus weight
- rikishi
rikishi
4,653 corpus weight
- Ripp
Ripp
4,651 corpus weight
- rituximab
rituximab
4,650 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rikishi” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rikishi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,348 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rikishi” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rikishi is uncommon English at frequency #95,348 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sumo wrestler.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rikishi, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 力士(りきし) (rikishi), from Middle Chinese 力士 (lik-dʐí), from Old Chinese 力士 (*k.rək m-s-rəʔ, “man of great strength”), from 力 (*rɯɡ, “strength”) + 士 (*zrɯʔ, “man; soldier”). The correct English form is rikishi, spelled R-I-K-I-S-H-I.
Definition
- 1A sumo wrestler.
Etymology
From Japanese 力士(りきし) (rikishi), from Middle Chinese 力士 (lik-dʐí), from Old Chinese 力士 (*k.rək m-s-rəʔ, “man of great strength”), from 力 (*rɯɡ, “strength”) + 士 (*zrɯʔ, “man; soldier”).
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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