yuzu
/ˈjuːzuː/
"yuzu" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yuzu” is uncommon English (frequency #60,585 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,585
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A citrus fruit originating in East Asia, Citrus ichangensis x Citrus reticulata var. austera.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yuzu · yuzu · English
yuzu · rank #60,585 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,585
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH YWCA
Nearest frequency peer: YWCA (+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 “yuzu”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Yisrael
Yisrael
39,419 corpus weight
- Yousaf
Yousaf
39,418 corpus weight
- yuzu
yuzu
39,416 corpus weight
- YWCA
YWCA
39,415 corpus weight
- Zaid
Zaid
39,414 corpus weight
- Zev
Zev
39,413 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “yuzu” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yuzu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjuːzuː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “yuzu” in English
Rare enough to double-check
yuzu is uncommon English at frequency #60,585 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈjuːzuː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A citrus fruit originating in East Asia, Citrus ichangensis x Citrus reticulata var. austera.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for yuzu, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 柚子 (yuzu). The correct English form is yuzu, spelled Y-U-Z-U.
Definition
- 1A citrus fruit originating in East Asia, Citrus ichangensis x Citrus reticulata var. austera.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how yuzu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She scoops a grassy, barely sweet green-tea sorbet onto white chocolate ganache, and garnishes it with coin-size meringues that break easily, then strings syrupy, candied yuzu zest across it all.
Etymology
From Japanese 柚子 (yuzu).
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
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