# yucca vs yuck

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yucca
*noun · IPA /ˈjʌkə/ · frequency rank #44,578*
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

### yuck
*intj · IPA /jʌk/ · frequency rank #27,037*
Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or odour.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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