Yolanda

[ʝoˈlan̪d̪a]

/[ʝoˈlan̪d̪a]/ name

The verdict

“Yolanda” is uncommon German (frequency #84,821 among 67 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,821
frequency rank, German
67
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-yolanda · Yolanda · German

Yolanda · rank #84,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,821
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 67
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zahlentheorie

Nearest frequency peer: Zahlentheorie (+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 „Yolanda“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yolanda
PropertyValue
HeadwordYolanda
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ʝoˈlan̪d̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,821
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Yolanda“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Yolandafällt 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: „Zahlentheorie“ (#84,822), „Zahnarztes“ (#84,823), „Yak“ (#84,818). Unter 67 „Y“-Lemmata liegt „Yolanda“ bei #84,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yolanda is uncommon German at frequency #84,821 among 67 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ʝoˈlan̪d̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Yolanda, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Yolanda, spelled Y-O-L-A-N-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Am 15. Juni ist Yolandas Namenstag.

This word in other languages

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 "Yolanda"?
"Yolanda" is spelled Y-O-L-A-N-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ʝoˈlan̪d̪a].
What does "Yolanda" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yolanda" means: weiblicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Yolanda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yolanda" is [ʝoˈlan̪d̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yolanda" come from?
"Yolanda" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list