Yoder
/ˈjoʊdɚ/
"yoder" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yoder” is uncommon English (frequency #55,200 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,200
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from German.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yoder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈjoʊdɚ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yoder” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Yoder is uncommon English at frequency #55,200 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈjoʊdɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Yoder has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: The family name is from German Joder, the name of a clan in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland; which is in turn from the given name Theodor, after St Theodorus, an early Christian religious leader in Switzerland. The correct English form is Yoder, spelled Y-O-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
- 2A place in the United States:
- 3A place in the United States:
- 4A place in the United States:
- 5A place in the United States:
- 6A place in the United States:
- 7A ghost town in West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.
Etymology
The family name is from German Joder, the name of a clan in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland; which is in turn from the given name Theodor, after St Theodorus, an early Christian religious leader in Switzerland.
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 “Yoder”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-O-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈjoʊdɚ/ (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.