yokibus

noun

"yokibus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“yokibus” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A miscellaneous thing or whimsical contraption; a thingamajig.

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Index EN-yokibus · yokibus · English

yokibus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Y" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for yokibus
PropertyValue
Headwordyokibus
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “yokibus” in English

yokibussits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yokibus is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A miscellaneous thing or whimsical contraption; a thingamajig.".

No misspelling variants are generated for yokibus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From yoke + jocular Latin -ibus. Compare thingumajig. The correct English form is yokibus, spelled Y-O-K-I-B-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A miscellaneous thing or whimsical contraption; a thingamajig.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how yokibus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. With your permission, Sir, I propose to have this “yokibus” ["a badge bearing caricatures and words of a ludicrously stage-Irish nature"] made available in the Library so every Deputy will have an opportunity of seeing the way this country is being caricatured by the Government.
  2. O'HORAN: (Taking a rise:) You had invented a yokibus, your letter said, that was on a par with p'ison gas.

Etymology

From yoke + jocular Latin -ibus. Compare thingumajig.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yokibus"?
"yokibus" is spelled Y-O-K-I-B-U-S.
What does "yokibus" mean?
As a noun, "yokibus" means: A miscellaneous thing or whimsical contraption; a thingamajig.
What is the origin of the word "yokibus"?
From yoke + jocular Latin -ibus. Compare thingumajig. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list