Yankee
/ˈjæŋkɪ/
The verdict
“Yankee” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,126
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Yanqui
Corpus desk
Index ES-yankee · Yankee · Spanish
Yankee · rank #18,126 · 8 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,126
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH Yale
Nearest frequency peer: Yale (-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 “Yankee”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- voltaje
voltaje
81,880 corpus weight
- válvulas
válvulas
81,879 corpus weight
- Yale
Yale
81,876 corpus weight
- Yankee
Yankee
81,875 corpus weight
- ápice
ápice
81,874 corpus weight
- abarcan
abarcan
81,871 corpus weight
What this shows “Yankee” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | Yankee |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈjæŋkɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Yankee”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Yankee (IPA /ˈjæŋkɪ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,126 among 177 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Yanqui".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yankee, with forms such as "aynkee", "yaknee", and "yaneke". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "yankees", "Yáñez", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Yankee, spelled Y-A-N-K-E-E.
Definition
- 1Yanqui
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aynkee
- yaknee
- yaneke
- yanke
- yankkee
- yannkee
- ynakee
- yyankee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yankee - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Yankee", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).