# Yorkshire

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈjɔːkʃə/ · frequency rank #6,755

## Definitions
1. England's largest county. Situated in the northeast of England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions.
2. A British English dialect as spoken (and possibly written) in the county of Yorkshire.

## Etymology
From Middle English Yorkschire; equivalent to York (“English city”) + shire. Displaced native cognate Middle English Everwich schire, from Old English Eoforwīcsċīr.

## Common misspellings (14)
`oyrkshire`, `yokrshire`, `yorkhsire`, `yorkkshire`, `yorkshhire`, `yorkshier`, `yorkshirre`, `yorkshrie`, `yorksihre`, `yorksshire`, `yorrkshire`, `yorskhire`, `yrokshire`, `yyorkshire`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yorkshire