Yahweh
/ˈjɑː(h)weɪ/
"yahweh" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yahweh” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,292
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - YHWH, the deity worshiped in Abrahamic religions.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yahweh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈjɑː(h)weɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,292 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yahweh” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Yahweh (IPA /ˈjɑː(h)weɪ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,292 among 2,763 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "YHWH, the deity worshiped in Abrahamic religions.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yahweh, with forms such as "ayhweh", "yahewh", and "yahhweh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: The usual form of the ancient West Semitic (Hebrew) יהוה used in scholarship. Used especially in discussions of the religion of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The spelling Jahweh was used in German since the 1850s. The spelling Yahweh in English … The correct English form is Yahweh, spelled Y-A-H-W-E-H.
Definition
- 1YHWH, the deity worshiped in Abrahamic religions.
Etymology
The usual form of the ancient West Semitic (Hebrew) יהוה used in scholarship. Used especially in discussions of the religion of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The spelling Jahweh was used in German since the 1850s. The spelling Yahweh in English (ensuring the pronunciation of the initial consonant as /j/) first appears in the 1860s, e.g. in the Herald of the Kingdom and Age to Come edited by John Thomas, founder of the Antipas Christadelphians (vol. X. no. 1, Westchester, NY, January 1860). First appeared in English Bible translations for the Tetragrammaton in the 1902 Emphasized Bible (EBR).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ayhweh
- yahewh
- yahhweh
- yahwehh
- yahwhe
- yahwweh
- yawheh
- yhaweh
- yyahweh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yahweh - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Yahweh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-A-H-W-E-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈjɑː(h)weɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.