Yokosuka
"yokosuka" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yokosuka” is uncommon English (frequency #92,270 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,270
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yokosuka |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yokosuka” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Yokosuka is uncommon English at frequency #92,270 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Yokosuka, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 横(よこ)須(す)賀(か) (Yokosuka). The correct English form is Yokosuka, spelled Y-O-K-O-S-U-K-A.
Definition
- 1A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
- 2Ellipsis of United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, a US naval base in the city.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 横(よこ)須(す)賀(か) (Yokosuka).
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 “Yokosuka”
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- The one correct English spelling is Y-O-K-O-S-U-K-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.