yuga
"yuga" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yuga” is uncommon English (frequency #80,136 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,136
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yuga |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yuga” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yuga is uncommon English at frequency #80,136 among 2,763 “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
- 1In 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.
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.
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Using “yuga”
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- The one correct English spelling is Y-U-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.