yagi
"yagi" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yagi” is uncommon English (frequency #80,130 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,130
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Yagi-Uda antenna
Corpus desk
Index EN-yagi · yagi · English
yagi · rank #80,130 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,130
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,763
- PHOTO-FINISH Yamagata
Nearest frequency peer: Yamagata (+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 “yagi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wokingham
Wokingham
19,877 corpus weight
- woodsy
woodsy
19,876 corpus weight
- yagi
yagi
19,871 corpus weight
- Yamagata
Yamagata
19,870 corpus weight
- yips
yips
19,868 corpus weight
- yoi
yoi
19,866 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “yagi” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yagi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yagi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yagi is uncommon English at frequency #80,130 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Yagi-Uda antenna".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for yagi, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Abbreviation. The correct English form is yagi, spelled Y-A-G-I.
Definition
- 1Yagi-Uda antenna
Etymology
Abbreviation.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yagi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.