yola
"yola" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yola” is uncommon English (frequency #75,575 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,575
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cocaine
Corpus desk
Index EN-yola · yola · English
yola · rank #75,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,575
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH Yorick
Nearest frequency peer: Yorick (+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 “yola”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Wyckoff
Wyckoff
24,433 corpus weight
- yaks
yaks
24,429 corpus weight
- yola
yola
24,426 corpus weight
- Yorick
Yorick
24,425 corpus weight
- zeid
zeid
24,420 corpus weight
- zoonotic
zoonotic
24,419 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “yola” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yola |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #75,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “yola” in English
Rare enough to double-check
yola is uncommon English at frequency #75,575 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cocaine".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for yola, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Northern California slang, said to be from a blend of Spanish yo and hola. The correct English form is yola, spelled Y-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1cocaine
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From servin' yola and mobbin' in drop tops to gangsta tales and flat-out Westside anthems, it doesn't take much thought as to whom the target audience is […]
We yayo experts, we been whippin' the yola / Since the crackas decided to take the coke from Coca-Cola.
Etymology
Northern California slang, said to be from a blend of Spanish yo and hola.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).