yuga

noun

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"yuga" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“yuga” is uncommon English (frequency #80,136 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,136
frequency rank, English
366
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali...

Corpus desk

Index EN-yuga · yuga · English

yuga · rank #80,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,136
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 366
  • PHOTO-FINISH yoi

Nearest frequency peer: yoi (-1 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.

Long-tail ranks near “yuga”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “yuga” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for yuga
PropertyValue
Headwordyuga
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “yuga” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).yugafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “yoi” (#80,135), “yips” (#80,133), “Zenon” (#80,140). Among 366 “Y” headwords, “yuga” is #80,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yuga is uncommon English at frequency #80,136 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali...".

yuga doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit युग (yuga). Doublet of yoke. The correct English form is yuga, spelled Y-U-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali Yuga, with lengths ranging from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how yuga appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. To Biardeau the linear nature of the declining dharma and the cyclical nature of the yugas make an unhappy marriage, and she ultimately rejects the idea of a true correspondence or rapport between the appearance of Vișņu as avatāra and the yuga cycle.
  2. There is, you will note, a pattern of decreased duration in the yugas. Moving from the Krta Yuga, the yuga closest to primordial perfection, each progressive yuga grows shorter and shorter, as chaos and decrepitude increase in prominence.

Etymology

From Sanskrit युग (yuga). Doublet of yoke.

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 "yuga"?
"yuga" is spelled Y-U-G-A.
What does "yuga" mean?
As a noun, "yuga" means: In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali...
What is the origin of the word "yuga"?
From Sanskrit युग (yuga). Doublet of yoke. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yuga", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

yips#80,133yagi#80,130weta#80,115alif#80,174

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list