yr

article

The verdict

“yr” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,476 among 177 “Y” headwords), classed as an article. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,476
frequency rank, Spanish
177
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El, la, los, las.

Corpus desk

Index ES-yr · yr · Spanish

yr · rank #57,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,476
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 177
  • PHOTO-FINISH yeni

Nearest frequency peer: yeni (-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 “yr”

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 “yr” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for yr
PropertyValue
Headwordyr
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechArticle
Letters2
Frequency rank#57,476
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “yr” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).yrcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “yeni” (#57,475), “yucatecos” (#57,477), “Yuste” (#57,478). Entre 177 lemas con “Y”, “yr” va en #57,476. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yr is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,476 among 177 “Y” headwords, classed as anarticle. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "El, la, los, las.".

yr doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is yr, spelled Y-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    El, la, los, las.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. yr afal «la manzana».

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 "yr"?
"yr" is spelled Y-R.
What does "yr" mean?
As an article, "yr" means: El, la, los, las.
What language does "yr" come from?
"yr" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list