Yorkville

Name: Yorkville, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Yorkville” is uncommon English (frequency #61,229 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,229
frequency rank, English: 2,763
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Key facts for Yorkville
Property	Value
Headword	Yorkville
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#61,229
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Yorkville” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Yorkville lands here:

#61,229

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yorkville is uncommon English at frequency #61,229 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 14 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Yorkville in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From York + -ville. The correct English form is Yorkville, spelled Y-O-R-K-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

1
A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2
An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States.
3
A former settlement in Placer County, California.
4
An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Colorado, United States.
5
An unincorporated community in Paulding County, Georgia, United States.
6
A city, the county seat of Kendall County, Illinois, United States, located in Kendall County and Kane County.
7
An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States.
8
A community in South Gull Lake, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.
9
A neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.
10
A village in Oneida County, New York, United States.
11
A village in Belmont County and Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
12
A neighbourhood of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
13
A small city in Gibson County, Tennessee, United States.
14
A town and unincorporated community in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.

Etymology

From York + -ville.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Yorkville"?

"Yorkville" is spelled Y-O-R-K-V-I-L-L-E.

What does "Yorkville" mean?

As a proper noun, "Yorkville" means: A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

What is the origin of the word "Yorkville"?

From York + -ville. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Yorkville”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is Y-O-R-K-V-I-L-L-E - 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.