yerra
[ˈʝera]
The verdict
“yerra” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,790 among 177 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,790
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de ferrar, herrar o marcar el ganado con fierro candente, temporada en que se realiza esta operación agrícola, y fiesta rural que se celebra alrededor de dicha actividad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-yerra · yerra · Spanish
yerra · rank #94,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,790
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH Yenny
Nearest frequency peer: Yenny (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “yerra”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- virreinales
virreinales
5,224 corpus weight
- visions
visions
5,223 corpus weight
- Yenny
Yenny
5,212 corpus weight
- yerra
yerra
5,211 corpus weight
- Zunino
Zunino
5,206 corpus weight
- Éibar
Éibar
5,203 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “yerra” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yerra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʝera] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “yerra” en español
Rare enough to double-check
yerra is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,790 among 177 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʝera]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción o efecto de ferrar, herrar o marcar el ganado con fierro candente, temporada en que se realiza esta operación agrícola, y fiesta rural que se celebra alrededor de dicha actividad.".
Zero misspellings are on record for yerra in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is yerra, spelled Y-E-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de ferrar, herrar o marcar el ganado con fierro candente, temporada en que se realiza esta operación agrícola, y fiesta rural que se celebra alrededor de dicha actividad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how yerra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La yerra, o sea la marcación de vacunos o yeguarizos, constituía un acontecimiento anual capaz de conmover a todo el ámbito de nuestra campaña.
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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