yorkshire terrier
[ˈjɔrkʃʲir ˈtɛrjɛr]
The verdict
“yorkshire terrier” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Yorkshireterrier
Corpus desk
Index DE-yorkshire-terrier · yorkshire terrier · German
yorkshire terrier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yorkshire terrier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjɔrkʃʲir ˈtɛrjɛr] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yorkshire terrier” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yorkshire terrier is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjɔrkʃʲir ˈtɛrjɛr]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Yorkshireterrier".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for yorkshire terrier, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is yorkshire terrier, spelled Y-O-R-K-S-H-I-R-E- -T-E-R-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Yorkshireterrier
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