How to say "cookie" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounThe standard word for a cookie: a small, flat, usually sweet baked treat. This is the word you will hear and use in everyday contexts such as buying or baking cookies.
- nounAlso covers the 'cookie' sense via its gloss 'cookie; biscuit', but its core meaning is biscuit — a crisp, plain-ish baked snack. A natural choice when biscuit is at least as close as cookie.
- nounA spelling variant of クッキー glossed 'cookie; cooky'. It is a poor, marginal way to say 'cookie' — in practice you should almost always write クッキー instead.
For the baked treat, 「クッキー」 is the usual everyday word; 「ビスケット」 also works and leans toward 'biscuit', while 「クーキー」 is a marginal spelling variant of 「クッキー」 that is rarely the word you want.
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