Yucatán
[jukaˈtan]
The verdict
“Yucatán” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Halbinsel, die den Golf von Mexiko vom Karibischen Meer trennt
Corpus desk
Index DE-yucatan · Yucatán · German
Yucatán · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Yucatán |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [jukaˈtan] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yucatán” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Yucatán is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [jukaˈtan]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Yucatán, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Yucatán, spelled Y-U-C-A-T-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Halbinsel, die den Golf von Mexiko vom Karibischen Meer trennt
- 2mexikanischer Bundesstaat auf dem nordwestlichen Teil der Halbinsel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Yucatán appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Schon im 4. Jahrtausend v.Chr. waren Jäger und Sammler von der Halbinsel Yucatán auf die Inseln der Antillen gelangt.“
„Aber inzwischen operieren die Zetas im ganzen Land: an der Pazifikküste, in den Bundesstaaten Oaxaca, Guerrero und Michoacán, in Mexico City, an der Golfküste, in den Bundesstaaten Chiapas, Yucatán, Quintana Roo und Tabasco.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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