yeta
[ˈʝet̪a]
The verdict
“yeta” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #79,682 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,682
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Racha de mala suerte, serie de desgracias, infortunio permanente que, supersticiosamente, se considera ligado a una persona.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yeta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʝet̪a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yeta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for yeta is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝet̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,682 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Racha de mala suerte, serie de desgracias, infortunio permanente que, supersticiosamente, se considera ligado a una persona.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for yeta, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is yeta, spelled Y-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Racha de mala suerte, serie de desgracias, infortunio permanente que, supersticiosamente, se considera ligado a una persona.
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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Using “yeta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Y-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʝet̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.