umami
[uˈmami]
The verdict
“umami” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sabor básico, diferenciado en 1908. Los restantes son: ácido, amargo, dulce y salado. El vocablo completo en japonés es うま味, que significa sabroso.
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Index ES-umami · umami · Spanish
umami · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | umami |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [uˈmami] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
umami is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [uˈmami]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sabor básico, diferenciado en 1908. Los restantes son: ácido, amargo, dulce y salado. El vocablo completo en japonés es うま味, que significa sabroso.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for umami in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is umami, spelled U-M-A-M-I.
Definition
- 1Sabor básico, diferenciado en 1908. Los restantes son: ácido, amargo, dulce y salado. El vocablo completo en japonés es うま味, que significa sabroso.
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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.