yuk
/jʌk/interjection, noun, verb
yuk is spelled Y-U-K: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, yuk means “An exuberant laugh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in yuk?
| Letters | 3: Y-U-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is yuk?
Yuk appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce yuk?
- /jʌk/
Yuk has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-yuck.oga, En-au-yuk.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with yuk
Sounds like: yuck (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: yuck.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with yuk?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as yuk.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: kyu.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of yuk
- yuks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- yukking participle, present
- yukked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yuk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
An exuberant laugh.
- 2
Alternative spelling of yuck (disgust)
noun
- 1
slangSomething, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
verb
- 1
To laugh exuberantly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does yuk come from?
Imitative, similar to the variant yuck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).