yoni
/ˈjəʊni/
"yoni" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yoni” is uncommon English (frequency #68,775 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,775
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yoni · yoni · English
yoni · rank #68,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,775
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH Yogis
Nearest frequency peer: Yogis (-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 “yoni”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- xun
xun
31,233 corpus weight
- Yaakov
Yaakov
31,231 corpus weight
- Yahtzee
Yahtzee
31,230 corpus weight
- Yogis
Yogis
31,227 corpus weight
- yoni
yoni
31,226 corpus weight
- youse
youse
31,225 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “yoni” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yoni |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjəʊni/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “yoni” in English
Rare enough to double-check
yoni is uncommon English at frequency #68,775 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈjəʊni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.".
No misspelling variants are generated for yoni in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Sanskrit योनि (yoni). The correct English form is yoni, spelled Y-O-N-I.
Definition
- 1The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yoni appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stroke your partner's thighs and caress her breasts as you make love to her yoni with your mouth and tongue.
In Hinduism [...] and Tantrism [...], the yoni is the generative organ of the Goddess.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit योनि (yoni).
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).