Yogyakarta

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"yogyakarta" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Yogyakarta” is uncommon English (frequency #57,185 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,185
frequency rank, English
2,763
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city, the provincial capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Key facts for Yogyakarta
PropertyValue
HeadwordYogyakarta
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,185
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Yogyakarta” sits in English frequency

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

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yogyakarta is uncommon English at frequency #57,185 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Yogyakarta in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Indonesian Yogyakarta, from Javanese ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ (Ngayogyakarta). The correct English form is Yogyakarta, spelled Y-O-G-Y-A-K-A-R-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city, the provincial capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
  2. 2
    An autonomous region of Indonesia.
  3. 3
    A sultanate in Java

Etymology

From Indonesian Yogyakarta, from Javanese ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ (Ngayogyakarta).

This word in other languages

Yogyakarta(Deutsch)

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 "Yogyakarta"?
"Yogyakarta" is spelled Y-O-G-Y-A-K-A-R-T-A.
What does "Yogyakarta" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yogyakarta" means: A city, the provincial capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
What is the origin of the word "Yogyakarta"?
From Indonesian Yogyakarta, from Javanese ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ (Ngayogyakarta). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Yogyakarta”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is Y-O-G-Y-A-K-A-R-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list