Yucatán
[ʝukaˈt̪ãn]
The verdict
“Yucatán” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,073. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,073
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,840
- “Y” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Uno de los 32 estados de México, ubicado en el sureste del país, en la Península de Yucatán. Su capital es la ciudad de Mérida y su gentilicio es yucateco.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yucatán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʝukaˈt̪ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yucatán” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Yucatán (IPA [ʝukaˈt̪ãn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,073 among 1,840 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Uno de los 32 estados de México, ubicado en el sureste del país, en la Península de Yucatán. Su capital es la ciudad de Mérida y su gentilicio es yucateco.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yucatán, with forms such as "uycatán", "ycuatán", and "yuactán". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is Yucatán, spelled Y-U-C-A-T-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Uno de los 32 estados de México, ubicado en el sureste del país, en la Península de Yucatán. Su capital es la ciudad de Mérida y su gentilicio es yucateco.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uycatán
- ycuatán
- yuactán
- yucatná
- yucattán
- yucatánn
- yucaátn
- yuccatán
- yuctaán
- yyucatán
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yucatán - 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 “Yucatán”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Y-U-C-A-T-Á-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʝukaˈt̪ãn] (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.