yeta
[ˈʝet̪a]
The verdict
“yeta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,682 among 177 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,682
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Racha de mala suerte, serie de desgracias, infortunio permanente que, supersticiosamente, se considera ligado a una persona.
Corpus desk
Index ES-yeta · yeta · Spanish
yeta · rank #79,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,682
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH zaragozana
Nearest frequency peer: zaragozana (+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 “yeta”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- widow
widow
20,325 corpus weight
- yeta
yeta
20,319 corpus weight
- zaragozana
zaragozana
20,318 corpus weight
- zoos
zoos
20,316 corpus weight
- zuecos
zuecos
20,314 corpus weight
- ñero
ñero
20,313 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “yeta” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “yeta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
yeta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,682 among 177 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʝet̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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