yerba
"yerba" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yerba” is uncommon English (frequency #64,141 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,141
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yerba |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yerba” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yerba is uncommon English at frequency #64,141 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for yerba, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish yerba. Doublet of herb. The correct English form is yerba, spelled Y-E-R-B-A.
Definition
- 1Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.
Etymology
From Spanish yerba. Doublet of herb.
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 “yerba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-E-R-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.