surimi
/sʊəˈɹiːmi/
"surimi" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“surimi” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | surimi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sʊəˈɹiːmi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “surimi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
surimi is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /sʊəˈɹiːmi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for surimi in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese すり身 (surimi, “ground meat”). The correct English form is surimi, spelled S-U-R-I-M-I.
Definition
- 1A white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese すり身 (surimi, “ground meat”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “surimi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-U-R-I-M-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.