# yuck

> English word · Interjection · IPA /jʌk/ · frequency rank #27,037

## Definitions
1. Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or odour.

## Etymology
Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jakkes (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease" akin to middle Dutch "joke" and modern Dutch "jeuk"”) .

## Easily confused with
- **yup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yup)
- **yum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yum)
- **Yun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yun)
- **yue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yue)
- **Yui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yui)
- **yuk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yuk)
- **yuh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yuh)
- **Yuri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yuri)
- **Yuki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yuki)
- **Yuen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yuen)
- **Yule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yule)
- **Yuna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yuna)
- **yumi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yumi)
- **yu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yu-vs-yuck)
- **yak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yak-vs-yuck)
- **york** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/york-vs-yuck)
- **yuan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuan-vs-yuck)
- **YMCA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ymca-vs-yuck)
- **yolk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yolk-vs-yuck)
- **yank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yank-vs-yuck)

## Common misspellings (6)
`uyck`, `ycuk`, `yucck`, `yuckk`, `yukc`, `yyuck`

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