yumi
"yumi" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yumi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,030
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of archery bow from Japan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yumi · yumi · English
yumi · rank #48,030 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,030
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH yoyo
Nearest frequency peer: yoyo (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “yumi”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Yama
Yama
51,977 corpus weight
- Yardley
Yardley
51,976 corpus weight
- yat
yat
51,975 corpus weight
- yoyo
yoyo
51,972 corpus weight
- yumi
yumi
51,971 corpus weight
- Aaliyah
Aaliyah
51,965 corpus weight
What this shows “yumi” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yumi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “yumi”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around yumi, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,030 among 366 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A type of archery bow from Japan.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for yumi, with forms such as "uymi", "ymui", and "yuim". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "yup", "Yun", "Yuri", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 弓 (“yumi”). The correct English form is yumi, spelled Y-U-M-I.
Definition
- 1A type of archery bow from Japan.
Etymology
From Japanese 弓 (“yumi”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uymi
- ymui
- yuim
- yummi
- yyumi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yumi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yumi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).