teriyaki
/ˌtɛ.ɹɪˈjɑː.ki/
"teriyaki" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teriyaki” is uncommon English (frequency #51,441 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,441
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade.
Corpus desk
Index EN-teriyaki · teriyaki · English
teriyaki · rank #51,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,441
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH telephoto
Nearest frequency peer: telephoto (-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 “teriyaki”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- teachable
teachable
48,564 corpus weight
- telephoto
telephoto
48,562 corpus weight
- teriyaki
teriyaki
48,560 corpus weight
- theistic
theistic
48,558 corpus weight
- Theobald
Theobald
48,557 corpus weight
- Thessalonia…
Thessalonians
48,556 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “teriyaki” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teriyaki |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌtɛ.ɹɪˈjɑː.ki/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “teriyaki” in English
Rare enough to double-check
teriyaki is uncommon English at frequency #51,441 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌtɛ.ɹɪˈjɑː.ki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
teriyaki has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 照(て)り焼(や)き (teriyaki). The correct English form is teriyaki, spelled T-E-R-I-Y-A-K-I.
Definition
- 1A cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade.
- 2A sweet soy sauce marinade.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how teriyaki appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Put some teriyaki on it.
Teriyaki sauce, a mixture of mirin, sake, soy sauce, and sometimes sugar, may be brushed on meats, fish, or vegetables […]
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 照(て)り焼(や)き (teriyaki).
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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