wasabi
[waˈsaβ̞i]
The verdict
“wasabi” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,215 among 1,158 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,215
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,158
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Especie de planta de la familia Brassicaceae, la cual incluye las coles, el rábano picante y la mostaza.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wasabi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [waˈsaβ̞i] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wasabi” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wasabi is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,215 among 1,158 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [waˈsaβ̞i]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
wasabi has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is wasabi, spelled W-A-S-A-B-I.
Definition
- 1Especie de planta de la familia Brassicaceae, la cual incluye las coles, el rábano picante y la mostaza.
- 2Condimento japonés que se extrae de la raíz de la planta Eutrema japonicum, conocida también bajo los sinónimos Cochlearia wasabi y Wasabia japonica, de la familia del repollo. Tiene un sabor extremadamente fuerte y se utiliza principalmente mezclado con la salsa de soja.
This word in other languages
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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Using “wasabi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is W-A-S-A-B-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [waˈsaβ̞i] (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.