Yaakov
/ˈjaː.koʊv/
"yaakov" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yaakov” is uncommon English (frequency #68,770 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,770
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The son of Yitzhak and Rivka, twin brother of Esav, and patriarch of the Jews.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yaakov · Yaakov · English
Yaakov · rank #68,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,770
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH Yahtzee
Nearest frequency peer: Yahtzee (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Yaakov”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- XLR
XLR
31,234 corpus weight
- xun
xun
31,233 corpus weight
- Yaakov
Yaakov
31,231 corpus weight
- Yahtzee
Yahtzee
31,230 corpus weight
- Yogis
Yogis
31,227 corpus weight
- yoni
yoni
31,226 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Yaakov” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yaakov |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈjaː.koʊv/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yaakov” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Yaakov is uncommon English at frequency #68,770 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈjaː.koʊv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The son of Yitzhak and Rivka, twin brother of Esav, and patriarch of the Jews.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Yaakov in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Yaakov, spelled Y-A-A-K-O-V.
Definition
- 1The son of Yitzhak and Rivka, twin brother of Esav, and patriarch of the Jews.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Yaakov appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In contrast, Yaakov is associated with the month of Elul, a month characterized by contemplation, in which we, Yaakov’s children, consider our own needed transformation.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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