yogurt

/[ʝoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,996

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

yogurt is aSpanishnoun. It means: Grafía alternativa de yogur. Pronounced [ʝoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]. Often confused with your and yogur.

Key facts for yogurt
PropertyValue
Headwordyogurt
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʝoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,996
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for yogurt is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʝoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,996 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grafía alternativa de yogur.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for yogurt, with forms such as "oygurt", "ygourt", and "yoggurt". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "your", "yogur", 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 yogurt, spelled Y-O-G-U-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grafía alternativa de yogur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oygurt,ygourt,yoggurt,yogrut,yogurrt,yogurtt,yogutr,yougrt,yyogurt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for yogurt

Misspelling Variants of "yogurt"

oygurt6ygourt6yoggurt7yogrut6yogurrt7yogurtt7yogutr6yougrt6
Misspelling Variants of "yogurt"

Frequency rank: #23,996 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yogurt"?
"yogurt" is spelled Y-O-G-U-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʝoˈɣ̞uɾt̪].
What does "yogurt" mean?
As a noun, "yogurt" means: Grafía alternativa de yogur.
What words are commonly confused with "yogurt"?
"yogurt" is commonly confused with "your", "yogur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "yogurt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yogurt" is [ʝoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yogurt" come from?
"yogurt" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.