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
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from Japanese.
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) |
Where “Yoshi” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Yoshi (IPA /ˈjəʊʃi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,592 among 2,763 “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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Using “Yoshi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-O-S-H-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈjəʊʃi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Yoshida” - see the side-by-side comparison. Yoshi vs Yoshida
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.