Yarmouth
/ˈjɑː(ɹ).məθ/
"yarmouth" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yarmouth” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,038
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A placename:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yarmouth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈjɑː(ɹ).məθ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yarmouth” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Yarmouth (IPA /ˈjɑː(ɹ).məθ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,038 among 2,763 “Y” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yarmouth, with forms such as "ayrmouth", "yamrouth", and "yarmmouth". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: * From the name of the River Yare + Old English mūþ (“mouth”). * On the Isle of Wight, from the River Yar + mouth. * The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Massachusetts. The correct English form is Yarmouth, spelled Y-A-R-M-O-U-T-H.
Definition
- 1A placename:
- 2A placename:
- 3A placename:
- 4A placename:
- 5A placename:
- 6A placename:
- 7A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
* From the name of the River Yare + Old English mūþ (“mouth”). * On the Isle of Wight, from the River Yar + mouth. * The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Massachusetts.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ayrmouth
- yamrouth
- yarmmouth
- yarmotuh
- yarmouht
- yarmouthh
- yarmoutth
- yarmuoth
- yaromuth
- yarrmouth
- yramouth
- yyarmouth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yarmouth - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Yarmouth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-A-R-M-O-U-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈjɑː(ɹ).məθ/ (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.