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 September 3, 2026) - A white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.
Corpus desk
Index EN-surimi · surimi · English
surimi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | surimi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sʊəˈɹiːmi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “surimi” in English
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how surimi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Singapore, the most popular surimi-based product is the fish ball, which is used in a local application, Yong Tau Foo.
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.