Yankovic
/ˈjaŋkəvɪt͡ʃ/
"yankovic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yankovic” is uncommon English (frequency #60,580 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,580
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Slovene
Corpus desk
Index EN-yankovic · Yankovic · English
Yankovic · rank #60,580 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,580
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH Yamashita
Nearest frequency peer: Yamashita (-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 “Yankovic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- wrenched
wrenched
39,426 corpus weight
- Xan
Xan
39,423 corpus weight
- Yamashita
Yamashita
39,422 corpus weight
- Yankovic
Yankovic
39,421 corpus weight
- Yisrael
Yisrael
39,419 corpus weight
- Yousaf
Yousaf
39,418 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Yankovic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yankovic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈjaŋkəvɪt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,580 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Yankovic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Yankovic is uncommon English at frequency #60,580 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈjaŋkəvɪt͡ʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Yankovic, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Slovene Jankovič. The correct English form is Yankovic, spelled Y-A-N-K-O-V-I-C.
Definition
- 1A surname from Slovene
- 2A surname from Slovene
Etymology
From Slovene Jankovič.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).