Yoga

/[ˈjoːɡa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,158

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Yoga is aGermannoun. It means: ein aus dem so genannten östlichen, dem indischen Kulturkreis stammendes philosophisches System mit geistigen und körperlichen Übungen zur Erlangung verschiedener mentaler und körperlichen Fähigkeiten Pronounced [ˈjoːɡa]. It ranks #8,158 in German word frequency. Often confused with you and york.

Key facts for Yoga
PropertyValue
HeadwordYoga
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈjoːɡa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,158
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Yoga in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Yoga is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Yoga, with forms such as "oyga", "ygoa", and "yoag". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "you", "york", "your", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Yoga, spelled Y-O-G-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein aus dem so genannten östlichen, dem indischen Kulturkreis stammendes philosophisches System mit geistigen und körperlichen Übungen zur Erlangung verschiedener mentaler und körperlichen Fähigkeiten
  2. 2
    eine an das so genannte westliche Denken angepasste gymnastische und meditative Sportart

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oyga,ygoa,yoag,yogga,yyoga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Yoga

Misspelling Variants of "Yoga"

oyga4ygoa4yoag4yogga5yyoga5
Misspelling Variants of "Yoga"

Frequency rank: #8,158 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Yoga"?
"Yoga" is spelled Y-O-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjoːɡa].
What does "Yoga" mean?
As a noun, "Yoga" means: ein aus dem so genannten östlichen, dem indischen Kulturkreis stammendes philosophisches System mit geistigen und körperlichen Übungen zur Erlangung verschiedener mentaler und körperlichen Fähigkeiten
What words are commonly confused with "Yoga"?
"Yoga" is commonly confused with "you", "york", "your". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Yoga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yoga" is [ˈjoːɡa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yoga" come from?
"Yoga" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter Y in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.