yuko

noun

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

The verdict

“yuko” is uncommon English (frequency #55,873 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,873
frequency rank, English
366
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.

Corpus desk

Index EN-yuko · yuko · English

yuko · rank #55,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,873
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 366
  • PHOTO-FINISH yuba

Nearest frequency peer: yuba (-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 “yuko”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for yuko
PropertyValue
Headwordyuko
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,873
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “yuko” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).yukofalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “yuba” (#55,872), “Yehuda” (#55,871), “Zaragoza” (#55,875). Among 366 “Y” headwords, “yuko” is #55,873. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yuko is uncommon English at frequency #55,873 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for yuko, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 有効. The correct English form is yuko, spelled Y-U-K-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. As with yukos, kokas are not accumulative, so no amount of kokas are deemed equal to or greater than a yuko.

Etymology

From Japanese 有効.

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 "yuko"?
"yuko" is spelled Y-U-K-O.
What does "yuko" mean?
As a noun, "yuko" means: The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.
What is the origin of the word "yuko"?
From Japanese 有効. 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 "yuko", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

yuba#55,872UNEP#55,837UCAS#55,833Asis#55,925

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list