sashimi

\sa.ʃi.mi\

/\sa.ʃi.mi\/ noun

The verdict

“sashimi” is uncommon French (frequency #98,466 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,466
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spécialité culinaire japonaise composée de tranches de poisson cru.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sashimi · sashimi · French

sashimi · rank #98,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,466
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sapés

Nearest frequency peer: sapés (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « sashimi »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sashimi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sashimi
PropertyValue
Headwordsashimi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.ʃi.mi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#98,466
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sashimi » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sashimitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sapés » (#98,465), « satanas » (#98,467), « saponification » (#98,464). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sashimi » est au #98,466. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sashimi is uncommon French at frequency #98,466 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.ʃi.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spécialité culinaire japonaise composée de tranches de poisson cru.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for sashimi in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sashimi, spelled S-A-S-H-I-M-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spécialité culinaire japonaise composée de tranches de poisson cru.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sashimi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. M. Ozu, nouveau résident peu au fait des hiérarchies, invite sa concierge à un dîner exotique. Ils conversent de sashimis et de nouilles au soja.
  2. C’était Rinri qui préparait les repas. Il cuisinait mal, mais mieux que moi, […]. Au lieu de lui signifier que c’était inavalable, je lui parlais de ma passion pour les sashimis et les sushis.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sashimi"?
"sashimi" is spelled S-A-S-H-I-M-I. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.ʃi.mi\.
What does "sashimi" mean?
As a noun, "sashimi" means: Spécialité culinaire japonaise composée de tranches de poisson cru.
How do you pronounce "sashimi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sashimi" is \sa.ʃi.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sashimi" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sashimi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list