sushi
/ˈsuʃi/noun, verb
sushi is spelled S-U-S-H-I: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sushi means “A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sushi is sushis.
How many letters and syllables are in sushi?
| Letters | 5: S-U-S-H-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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).
How common is sushi?
Sushi appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st 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 sushi?
- UK /ˈsuːʃi/
- US /ˈsuʃi/
- /ˈsʉʃe/
Sushi 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sushi.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sushi
Sounds like: souchy (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of sushi
- sushis plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sushiing participle, present
- sushied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sushi mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish, vegetables or meat.
For the vegetarians, she served cucumber sushi.
- 2
rareOne of the portions from this dish.
- 3
proscribedRaw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.
verb
- 1
informalTo prepare (a food) as sushi.
noun
- 1
informalA person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism
Then there are the "Sushi" neighborhoods and towns - a mixture of some Sunni, some Shia, hence Sushi
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sushi in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Japanese dish:
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 sushi come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 寿司(すし) (sushi, “sushi (sour rice)”), ultimately from archaic conjugation 酸(す)し (sushi, “sour, vinegared”) of modern adjective 酸(す)い (sui, “sour, vinegared”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).