Yamagata

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"yamagata" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Yamagata” is uncommon English (frequency #80,131 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,131
frequency rank, English
366
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Japan.

Corpus desk

Index EN-yamagata · Yamagata · English

Yamagata · rank #80,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,131
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 366
  • PHOTO-FINISH yagi

Nearest frequency peer: yagi (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “Yamagata”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Yamagata” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yamagata
PropertyValue
HeadwordYamagata
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,131
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Yamagata” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Yamagatafalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “yagi” (#80,130), “yips” (#80,133), “yoi” (#80,135). Among 366 “Y” headwords, “Yamagata” is #80,131. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yamagata is uncommon English at frequency #80,131 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Yamagata has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 山県 (Yamagata), 山方 (Yamagata), 山形 (Yamagata) or 山像 (Yamagata). The correct English form is Yamagata, spelled Y-A-M-A-G-A-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Japan.
  2. 2
    A prefecture of Japan.
  3. 3
    A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山県 (Yamagata), 山方 (Yamagata), 山形 (Yamagata) or 山像 (Yamagata).

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 "Yamagata"?
"Yamagata" is spelled Y-A-M-A-G-A-T-A.
What does "Yamagata" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yamagata" means: A city in Japan.
What is the origin of the word "Yamagata"?
Borrowed from Japanese 山県 (Yamagata), 山方 (Yamagata), 山形 (Yamagata) or 山像 (Yamagata). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Yamagata", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list