yemas

/[ˈʝemas]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,070

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

yemas is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de yema. Pronounced [ˈʝemas]. Often confused with yes and yuma.

Key facts for yemas
PropertyValue
Headwordyemas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʝemas]
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,070
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of yemas in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for yemas is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝemas]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,070 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de yema.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for yemas, with forms such as "eymas", "yeams", and "yemass". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "yes", "yuma", "Yemen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is yemas, spelled Y-E-M-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de yema.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eymas,yeams,yemass,yemmas,yemsa,ymeas,yyemas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for yemas

Misspelling Variants of "yemas"

eymas5yeams5yemass6yemmas6yemsa5ymeas5yyemas6
Misspelling Variants of "yemas"

Frequency rank: #27,070 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yemas"?
"yemas" is spelled Y-E-M-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʝemas].
What does "yemas" mean?
As a noun, "yemas" means: Forma del plural de yema.
What words are commonly confused with "yemas"?
"yemas" is commonly confused with "yes", "yuma", "Yemen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "yemas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yemas" is [ˈʝemas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yemas" come from?
"yemas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.