tiramisú

[t̪iɾamiˈsu]

/[t̪iɾamiˈsu]/ noun

The verdict

“tiramisú” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #85,316 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#85,316
frequency rank, Spanish
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Torta que consiste en capas alternadas de galletas o bizcochos humedecidos en café y una crema hecha a base de queso mascarpone.

Key facts for tiramisú
PropertyValue
Headwordtiramisú
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪iɾamiˈsu]
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,316
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tiramisú” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tiramisú lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tiramisú is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪iɾamiˈsu]. Corpus data places it at rank #85,316 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Torta que consiste en capas alternadas de galletas o bizcochos humedecidos en café y una crema hecha a base de queso mascarpone.".

No misspelling variants are generated for tiramisú in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tiramisú, spelled T-I-R-A-M-I-S-Ú, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Torta que consiste en capas alternadas de galletas o bizcochos humedecidos en café y una crema hecha a base de queso mascarpone.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tiramisú"?
"tiramisú" is spelled T-I-R-A-M-I-S-Ú. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪iɾamiˈsu].
What does "tiramisú" mean?
As a noun, "tiramisú" means: Torta que consiste en capas alternadas de galletas o bizcochos humedecidos en café y una crema hecha a base de queso mascarpone.
How do you pronounce "tiramisú"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tiramisú" is [t̪iɾamiˈsu]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tiramisú" come from?
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Using “tiramisú”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-R-A-M-I-S-Ú - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [t̪iɾamiˈsu] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list