Yokosuka

name

"yokosuka" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Yokosuka” is uncommon English (frequency #92,270 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,270
frequency rank, English
366
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Corpus desk

Index EN-yokosuka · Yokosuka · English

Yokosuka · rank #92,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,270
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 366
  • PHOTO-FINISH yok

Nearest frequency peer: yok (-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 “Yokosuka”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yokosuka
PropertyValue
HeadwordYokosuka
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,270
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Yokosuka” 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).Yokosukafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “yok” (#92,269), “XSS” (#92,265), “Zanotti” (#92,275). Among 366 “Y” headwords, “Yokosuka” is #92,270. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yokosuka is uncommon English at frequency #92,270 among 366 “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

  1. 1
    A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
  2. 2
    Ellipsis 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Yokosuka"?
"Yokosuka" is spelled Y-O-K-O-S-U-K-A.
What does "Yokosuka" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yokosuka" means: A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
What is the origin of the word "Yokosuka"?
Borrowed from Japanese 横(よこ)須(す)賀(か) (Yokosuka). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list