Yoruba
/ˈjɒɹʊbə/
"yoruba" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yoruba” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,262. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,262
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of an ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria, southern Benin, and eastern Togo and, as well as in communities elsewhere in West Africa, United States, Brazil and Cuba.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yoruba |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjɒɹʊbə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yoruba” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Yoruba (IPA /ˈjɒɹʊbə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,262 among 2,763 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A member of an ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria, southern Benin, and eastern Togo and, as well as in communities elsewhere in West Africa, United States, Brazil and Cuba.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yoruba, with forms such as "oyruba", "yorbua", and "yorruba". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Yoruba Yorùbá. The correct English form is Yoruba, spelled Y-O-R-U-B-A.
Definition
- 1A member of an ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria, southern Benin, and eastern Togo and, as well as in communities elsewhere in West Africa, United States, Brazil and Cuba.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yoruba Yorùbá.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oyruba,yorbua,yorruba,yoruab,yorubba,yourba,yrouba,yyoruba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yoruba - 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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Using “Yoruba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-O-R-U-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈjɒɹʊbə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.