umami
[uˈmami]
The verdict
“umami” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umami |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [uˈmami] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “umami” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for umami is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uˈmami]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “umami”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-M-A-M-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [uˈmami] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.