Yoshi
/ˈjəʊʃi/
"yoshi" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yoshi” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,592
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yoshi · Yoshi · English
Yoshi · rank #35,592 · 7 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,592
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH Zhejiang
Nearest frequency peer: Zhejiang (+2 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 “Yoshi”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- winkler
winkler
64,414 corpus weight
- wonky
wonky
64,412 corpus weight
- Yoshi
Yoshi
64,409 corpus weight
- Zhejiang
Zhejiang
64,407 corpus weight
- A8
A8
64,403 corpus weight
- abed
abed
64,401 corpus weight
What this shows “Yoshi” 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 | Yoshi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈjəʊʃi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Yoshi”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Yoshi (IPA /ˈjəʊʃi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,592 among 366 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A male given name from Japanese.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yoshi, with forms such as "oyshi", "yohsi", and "yoshhi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Yoshida", "yogi", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From 義 (Yoshi, common Japanese male given name), and many other spellings. See よし. The correct English form is Yoshi, spelled Y-O-S-H-I.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Japanese.
Etymology
From 義 (Yoshi, common Japanese male given name), and many other spellings. See よし.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oyshi
- yohsi
- yoshhi
- yosih
- yosshi
- ysohi
- yyoshi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yoshi - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).