yagi

noun

"yagi" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“yagi” is an uncommon English word, ranked #80,130 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#80,130
frequency rank, English
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Yagi-Uda antenna

Key facts for yagi
PropertyValue
Headwordyagi
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,130
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “yagi” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). yagi lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for yagi is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #80,130 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

  1. 1
    Yagi-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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yagi"?
"yagi" is spelled Y-A-G-I.
What does "yagi" mean?
As a noun, "yagi" means: Yagi-Uda antenna
What is the origin of the word "yagi"?
Abbreviation. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “yagi”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is Y-A-G-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list