Yokohama

[jokoˈhaːma]

/[jokoˈhaːma]/ name

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The verdict

“Yokohama” is uncommon German (frequency #50,209 among 67 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,209
frequency rank, German
67
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hafenstadt im Osten der japanischen Insel Honshu

Corpus desk

Index DE-yokohama · Yokohama · German

Yokohama · rank #50,209 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,209
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 67
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yachten

Nearest frequency peer: Yachten (-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 „Yokohama“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yokohama
PropertyValue
HeadwordYokohama
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[jokoˈhaːma]
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,209
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Yokohama“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Yokohamafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Yachten“ (#50,208), „zech“ (#50,210), „wähnt“ (#50,207). Unter 67 „Y“-Lemmata liegt „Yokohama“ bei #50,209. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yokohama is uncommon German at frequency #50,209 among 67 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [jokoˈhaːma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hafenstadt im Osten der japanischen Insel Honshu".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Yokohama, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Yokohama, spelled Y-O-K-O-H-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hafenstadt im Osten der japanischen Insel Honshu

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Er war bereits in Yokohama gewesen, einem anderen Brennpunkt der Kriminalität, und hatte sich an der Front bewährt.“

This word in other languages

Yokohama(English)Yokohama(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 "Yokohama"?
"Yokohama" is spelled Y-O-K-O-H-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [jokoˈhaːma].
What does "Yokohama" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yokohama" means: Hafenstadt im Osten der japanischen Insel Honshu
How do you pronounce "Yokohama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yokohama" is [jokoˈhaːma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yokohama" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list