Yakuza

[jaˈkuːza]

/[jaˈkuːza]/ noun

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The verdict

“Yakuza” is uncommon German (frequency #51,853 among 67 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,853
frequency rank, German
67
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - japanische, kriminelle Organisation (ähnlich der Mafia)

Corpus desk

Index DE-yakuza · Yakuza · German

Yakuza · rank #51,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,853
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 67
  • PHOTO-FINISH würgt

Nearest frequency peer: würgt (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Yakuza“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Yakuza“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yakuza
PropertyValue
HeadwordYakuza
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[jaˈkuːza]
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,853
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Yakuza“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Yakuzafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „würgt“ (#51,852), „währende“ (#51,851), „Youngster“ (#51,855). Unter 67 „Y“-Lemmata liegt „Yakuza“ bei #51,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yakuza is uncommon German at frequency #51,853 among 67 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [jaˈkuːza]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "japanische, kriminelle Organisation (ähnlich der Mafia)".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Yakuza, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Yakuza, spelled Y-A-K-U-Z-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    japanische, kriminelle Organisation (ähnlich der Mafia)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Die Rezession der 1970er Jahre und die Blasenökonomie der 1980er nutzte die Yakuza zum Einstieg in die Finanzbranche.

This word in other languages

yakuza(English)yakuza(Español)yakuza(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Yakuza"?
"Yakuza" is spelled Y-A-K-U-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [jaˈkuːza].
What does "Yakuza" mean?
As a noun, "Yakuza" means: japanische, kriminelle Organisation (ähnlich der Mafia)
How do you pronounce "Yakuza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yakuza" is [jaˈkuːza]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yakuza" come from?
"Yakuza" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wismut#51,846zinnen#51,861wichen#51,838wannen#51,827

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list