yonsei
"yonsei" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yonsei” is uncommon English (frequency #98,910 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,910
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The fourth generation or great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants, particularly in North America and in Latin America.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yonsei |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yonsei” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yonsei is uncommon English at frequency #98,910 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The fourth generation or great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants, particularly in North America and in Latin America.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for yonsei in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 四世 (よんせい (yonsei)), from 四 (yon-, “fourth”) + 世 (sei, “generation”). The correct English form is yonsei, spelled Y-O-N-S-E-I.
Definition
- 1The fourth generation or great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants, particularly in North America and in Latin America.
Etymology
From Japanese 四世 (よんせい (yonsei)), from 四 (yon-, “fourth”) + 世 (sei, “generation”).
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 “yonsei”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-O-N-S-E-I - 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.