yuzu
/ˈjuːzuː/
"yuzu" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yuzu” is uncommon English (frequency #60,585 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,585
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A citrus fruit originating in East Asia, Citrus ichangensis x Citrus reticulata var. austera.
| 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) |
Where “yuzu” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yuzu is uncommon English at frequency #60,585 among 2,763 “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.
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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Using “yuzu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-U-Z-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.