Yukon
[jukɔn]
The verdict
“Yukon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,412
- frequency rank, German
- 67
- “Y” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fluss in Kanada und Alaska; Yukon, Yukon River
Corpus desk
Index DE-yukon · Yukon · German
Yukon · rank #46,412 · 7 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #46,412
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 67
- PHOTO-FINISH Zehntausenden
Nearest frequency peer: Zehntausenden (+2 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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Yukon“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Xenon
Xenon
53,593 corpus weight
- Yukon
Yukon
53,589 corpus weight
- Zehntausend…
Zehntausenden
53,587 corpus weight
- Zeichentrick
Zeichentrick
53,586 corpus weight
- zeitlose
zeitlose
53,585 corpus weight
- zergehen
zergehen
53,583 corpus weight
What this shows „Yukon“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yukon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [jukɔn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #46,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Yukon“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Yukon (IPA [jukɔn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,412 among 67 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fluss in Kanada und Alaska; Yukon, Yukon River".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yukon, with forms such as "uykon", "ykuon", and "yukkon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Yuan", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Yukon, spelled Y-U-K-O-N.
Definition
- 1Fluss in Kanada und Alaska; Yukon, Yukon River
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uykon
- ykuon
- yukkon
- yukno
- yukonn
- yuokn
- yyukon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yukon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Yukon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).