yakuza
[ʝaˈkusa]
The verdict
“yakuza” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,214
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mafia japonesa
Corpus desk
Index ES-yakuza · yakuza · Spanish
yakuza · rank #42,214 · 8 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,214
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH wife
Nearest frequency peer: wife (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “yakuza”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Wales
Wales
57,791 corpus weight
- wear
wear
57,790 corpus weight
- wife
wife
57,788 corpus weight
- yakuza
yakuza
57,787 corpus weight
- yay
yay
57,786 corpus weight
- zika
zika
57,784 corpus weight
What this shows “yakuza” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yakuza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʝaˈkusa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “yakuza”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around yakuza (IPA [ʝaˈkusa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,214 among 177 “Y” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for yakuza, with forms such as "aykuza", "yakkuza", and "yakuaz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is yakuza, spelled Y-A-K-U-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Mafia japonesa
- 2Cada uno de sus miembros
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aykuza
- yakkuza
- yakuaz
- yakuzza
- yakzua
- yaukza
- ykauza
- yyakuza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yakuza - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).