Yayoi

noun

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"yayoi" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Yayoi” is uncommon English (frequency #77,354 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,354
frequency rank, English
366
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ethnic group of the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BCE–300 CE).

Corpus desk

Index EN-yayoi · Yayoi · English

Yayoi · rank #77,354 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,354
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 366
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yukiko

Nearest frequency peer: Yukiko (+3 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 “Yayoi”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yayoi
PropertyValue
HeadwordYayoi
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#77,354
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Yayoi” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Yayoifalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Yukiko” (#77,357), “Yulin” (#77,358), “Wooley” (#77,349). Among 366 “Y” headwords, “Yayoi” is #77,354. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yayoi is uncommon English at frequency #77,354 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ethnic group of the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BCE–300 CE).".

Yayoi has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 弥生. The correct English form is Yayoi, spelled Y-A-Y-O-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    An ethnic group of the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BCE–300 CE).

Etymology

From Japanese 弥生.

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 "Yayoi"?
"Yayoi" is spelled Y-A-Y-O-I.
What does "Yayoi" mean?
As a noun, "Yayoi" means: An ethnic group of the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BCE–300 CE).
What is the origin of the word "Yayoi"?
From Japanese 弥生. 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 "Yayoi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Yulin#77,358vetch#77,322Alcan#77,389Tomic#77,282

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list