york
/jɔː(ɹ)k/verb
york is spelled Y-O-R-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 234 times per million words in written English, the 425th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, york means “to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in york?
| Letters | 4: Y-O-R-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 234 times per million words; the 425th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is york?
York appears 234 times per million words in written English, the 425th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce york?
- /jɔː(ɹ)k/
York has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-york.ogg, En-uk-York.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with york?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as york from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: roky.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of york
- yorks present, singular, he/she/it
- yorking participle, present
- yorked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does york mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
- 2
slangTo vomit.
BADGER: They're eating blueberry pies... […] Okay, finally, Kirk, he can't take it anymore. He yorks! Now it's just down to Chekov and Spock.
noun
- 1
Short for York Imperial (“apple cultivar”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does york come from?
Back-formation from yorker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).