Yuriko
"yuriko" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yuriko” is uncommon English (frequency #88,010 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,010
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yuriko · Yuriko · English
Yuriko · rank #88,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,010
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,763
- PHOTO-FINISH zaibatsu
Nearest frequency peer: zaibatsu (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Yuriko”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- YABA
YABA
11,997 corpus weight
- Yeoh
Yeoh
11,996 corpus weight
- Yevhen
Yevhen
11,995 corpus weight
- Yuriko
Yuriko
11,991 corpus weight
- zaibatsu
zaibatsu
11,990 corpus weight
- ZDF
ZDF
11,989 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Yuriko” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yuriko |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yuriko” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Yuriko is uncommon English at frequency #88,010 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Japanese.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Yuriko in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: * From Japanese ゆりこ (Yuriko). * From Japanese ゆうりこ (Yūriko). The correct English form is Yuriko, spelled Y-U-R-I-K-O.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Japanese.
Etymology
* From Japanese ゆりこ (Yuriko). * From Japanese ゆうりこ (Yūriko).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Yuriko", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.