yuks
/jʌks/noun
yuks is spelled Y-U-K-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yuks means “laughter, amusement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in yuks?
| Letters | 4: Y-U-K-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is yuks?
Yuks appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 yuks?
- /jʌks/
Yuks 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).
What does yuks mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
laughter, amusement
- 2
plural of yuk
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does yuks come from?
From plural of onomatopoeic yuk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).