shoji
noun
shoji is spelled S-H-O-J-I: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Shoji, the name). As a noun, shoji means “A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper, used in traditional Japanese architecture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shoji is shojis.
How many letters and syllables are in shoji?
| Letters | 5: S-H-O-J-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 shoji?
Shoji appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Shoji, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce shoji?
Shoji has 2 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).
What rhymes with shoji?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as shoji.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: joshi.
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 shoji
- shojis plural
- shojii
- soji
- sojii
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shoji mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper, used in traditional Japanese architecture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shoji come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 障子 (shōji).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).