Yao
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The verdict
“Yao” is an uncommon German word, ranked #72,070 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #72,070
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt in Japan, Vorort von Osaka; Yao
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yao |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yao” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Yao is 3 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,070 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Stadt in Japan, Vorort von Osaka; Yao".
Yao doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Yao, spelled Y-A-O.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Japan, Vorort von Osaka; Yao
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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Using “Yao”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Y-A-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.