yahoo
[ˈjɑˌhuː]
The verdict
“yahoo” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,331
- frequency rank, German
- 67
- “Y” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine rüpelhafte Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-yahoo · yahoo · German
yahoo · rank #16,331 · 6 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,331
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 67
- PHOTO-FINISH Xavier
Nearest frequency peer: Xavier (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “yahoo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wiedergegeb…
wiedergegeben
83,673 corpus weight
- wiedergewäh…
wiedergewählt
83,672 corpus weight
- Xavier
Xavier
83,671 corpus weight
- yahoo
yahoo
83,670 corpus weight
- Zeitgeschic…
Zeitgeschichte
83,669 corpus weight
- zelte
zelte
83,668 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “yahoo” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yahoo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjɑˌhuː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “yahoo” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around yahoo (IPA [ˈjɑˌhuː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,331 among 67 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine rüpelhafte Person".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for yahoo, with forms such as "ayhoo", "yahhoo", and "yaho". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is yahoo, spelled Y-A-H-O-O.
Definition
- 1eine rüpelhafte Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how yahoo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was a real yahoo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ayhoo
- yahhoo
- yaho
- yaoho
- yhaoo
- yyahoo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yahoo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "yahoo". Here's where to go from here.
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,331 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "Y" letter cohort. Y–Z browse
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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.