yuca
[ˈʝuka]
The verdict
“yuca” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #17,320 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,320
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Manihot esculenta) Arbusto de la familia de las euforbiáceas, que alcanza los dos m de altura. perenne, autóctona y extensamente cultivada en Sudamérica y el Pacífico por su raíz almidonosa de alt...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yuca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʝuka] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yuca” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for yuca is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝuka]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,320 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for yuca, with forms such as "uyca", "ycua", and "yuac". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "yun", "Yuri", "yugo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is yuca, spelled Y-U-C-A.
Definition
- 1(Manihot esculenta) Arbusto de la familia de las euforbiáceas, que alcanza los dos m de altura. perenne, autóctona y extensamente cultivada en Sudamérica y el Pacífico por su raíz almidonosa de alto valor alimentario. La yuca es endémica de la región subtropical y tropical de Argentina y Paraguay, y de la región tropical de Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Perú y Venezuela, aunque se estima que las variedades hoy conocidas son efecto de la selección artificial. Hay una variedad inofensiva que se puede comer con confianza y otra que es tóxica (en Venezuela se le llama "yuca brava" o "yuca amarga").
- 2Raíz tuberosa de la yuca₁. Se consume cocida y es parte de la gastronomía de múltiples países.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uyca,ycua,yuac,yucca,yyuca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yuca - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “yuca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Y-U-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʝuka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “yun” - see the side-by-side comparison. yuca vs yun
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.