yok

/jɒk/

//jɒk// noun

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"yok" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“yok” is uncommon English (frequency #92,269 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,269
frequency rank, English
366
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of yock.

Corpus desk

Index EN-yok · yok · English

yok · rank #92,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,269
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 366
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yokosuka

Nearest frequency peer: Yokosuka (+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 “yok”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for yok
PropertyValue
Headwordyok
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/jɒk/
Letters3
Frequency rank#92,269
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “yok” 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).yokfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Yokosuka” (#92,270), “XSS” (#92,265), “Zanotti” (#92,275). Among 366 “Y” headwords, “yok” is #92,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yok is uncommon English at frequency #92,269 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /jɒk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of yock.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for yok, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is yok, spelled Y-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of yock.

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 "yok"?
"yok" is spelled Y-O-K. The IPA pronunciation is /jɒk/.
What does "yok" mean?
As a noun, "yok" means: Alternative form of yock.
How do you pronounce "yok"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yok" is /jɒk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yok" come from?
"yok" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yok", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

XSS#92,265BIV#92,390CSW#92,502cuc#92,504

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list