york
/jɔː(ɹ)k/
"york" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“york” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #429. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #429
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
Corpus desk
Index EN-york · york · English
york · rank #429 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #429
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH yeah
Nearest frequency peer: yeah (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “york”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- saying
saying
99,575 corpus weight
- understand
understand
99,574 corpus weight
- yeah
yeah
99,573 corpus weight
- york
york
99,572 corpus weight
- class
class
99,571 corpus weight
- close
close
99,570 corpus weight
What this shows “york” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | york |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /jɔː(ɹ)k/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “york”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around york (IPA /jɔː(ɹ)k/), averb. Corpus frequency is #429 among 366 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for york, with forms such as "oyrk", "yokr", and "yorkk". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "yr", "you", "yrs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from yorker. The correct English form is york, spelled Y-O-R-K.
Definition
- 1to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
Etymology
Back-formation from yorker.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oyrk
- yokr
- yorkk
- yorrk
- yrok
- yyork
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of york - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "york", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).