yerra

[ˈʝera]

/[ˈʝera]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “yerra” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for yerra
PropertyValue
Headwordyerra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʝera]
Letters5
Frequency rank#94,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “yerra” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).yerracae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Yenny” (#94,789), “Zunino” (#94,795), “Éibar” (#94,798). Entre 177 lemas con “Y”, “yerra” va en #94,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how yerra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La yerra, o sea la marcación de vacunos o yeguarizos, constituía un acontecimiento anual capaz de conmover a todo el ámbito de nuestra campaña.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yerra"?
"yerra" is spelled Y-E-R-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʝera].
What does "yerra" mean?
As a noun, "yerra" means: 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.
How do you pronounce "yerra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yerra" is [ˈʝera]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yerra" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yerra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list