yaupon
/ˈjoʊˌpɑn/noun
yaupon is spelled Y-A-U-P-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yaupon means “The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yaupon is yaupons.
How many letters and syllables are in yaupon?
| Letters | 6: Y-A-U-P-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is yaupon?
Yaupon appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce yaupon?
- US /ˈjoʊˌpɑn/
- US /ˈjuˌpɑn/
- US /ˈjɔˌpɑn/
Yaupon has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of yaupon
- yaupons plural
- yapan
- yopon
- youpon
- yupon
- yawpan
- yaupan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yaupon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.
- 2
A tea-like drink, "black drink", brewed from the leaves of this holly (or, sometimes, Ilex cassine).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does yaupon come from?
From a Catawba word, most likely yap, yop, yą (“tree”), with the second element being either a diminutive suffix or pą (“leaf”) (resulting in the compound yąpą); alternatively, perhaps directly from a longer form of the word for leaf, 'yap'hâ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).