yakisoba
/ˌjɑkiˈsoʊbə/noun
yakisoba is spelled Y-A-K-I-S-O-B-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yakisoba means “A Japanese stir-fried dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables, and a sweet sauce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yakisoba is yakisobas.
How many letters and syllables are in yakisoba?
| Letters | 8: Y-A-K-I-S-O-B-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is yakisoba?
Yakisoba appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 yakisoba?
- /ˌjɑkiˈsoʊbə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-yakisoba.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of yakisoba
- yakisobas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yakisoba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Japanese stir-fried dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables, and a sweet sauce.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yakisoba in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sa:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | yakisoba |
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 yakisoba come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 焼きそば (literally “fried noodle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).