Yehuda

name

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"yehuda" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Yehuda” is uncommon English (frequency #55,871 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,871
frequency rank, English
366
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Hebrew.

Corpus desk

Index EN-yehuda · Yehuda · English

Yehuda · rank #55,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,871
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 366
  • PHOTO-FINISH YC

Nearest frequency peer: YC (-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 “Yehuda”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yehuda
PropertyValue
HeadwordYehuda
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,871
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Yehuda” 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).Yehudafalls 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: “YC” (#55,870), “yuba” (#55,872), “yuko” (#55,873). Among 366 “Y” headwords, “Yehuda” is #55,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yehuda is uncommon English at frequency #55,871 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Hebrew.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Yehuda, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Doublet of Judah and Judas. The correct English form is Yehuda, spelled Y-E-H-U-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew.

Etymology

Transliteration of Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Doublet of Judah and Judas.

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 "Yehuda"?
"Yehuda" is spelled Y-E-H-U-D-A.
What does "Yehuda" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yehuda" means: A male given name from Hebrew.
What is the origin of the word "Yehuda"?
Transliteration of Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Doublet of Judah and Judas. 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 "Yehuda", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list