Yoga
[ˈjoːɡa]
The verdict
“Yoga” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,158 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,158
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein aus dem so genannten östlichen, dem indischen Kulturkreis stammendes philosophisches System mit geistigen und körperlichen Übungen zur Erlangung verschiedener mentaler und körperlichen Fähigkeiten
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yoga |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjoːɡa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yoga” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Yoga is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjoːɡa]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,158 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yoga, with forms such as "oyga", "ygoa", and "yoag". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "you", "york", "your", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Yoga, spelled Y-O-G-A.
Definition
- 1ein aus dem so genannten östlichen, dem indischen Kulturkreis stammendes philosophisches System mit geistigen und körperlichen Übungen zur Erlangung verschiedener mentaler und körperlichen Fähigkeiten
- 2eine an das so genannte westliche Denken angepasste gymnastische und meditative Sportart
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oyga,ygoa,yoag,yogga,yyoga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yoga - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Yoga”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Y-O-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈjoːɡa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “you” - see the side-by-side comparison. Yoga vs you
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.