yudo

[ˈʝuð̞o]

/[ˈʝuð̞o]/ noun

The verdict

“yudo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arte marcial japonés, inventado por Jigorō Kanō en 1882.

Corpus desk

Index ES-yudo · yudo · Spanish

yudo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Y" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for yudo
PropertyValue
Headwordyudo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʝuð̞o]
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “yudo” en español

yudoestá más allá de las 100.000 formas más frecuentes del español, en la cola de léxico especializado o poco usado donde la duda ortográfica aprieta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yudo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʝuð̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arte marcial japonés, inventado por Jigorō Kanō en 1882.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for yudo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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. The correct Spanish form is yudo, spelled Y-U-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arte marcial japonés, inventado por Jigorō Kanō en 1882.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yudo"?
"yudo" is spelled Y-U-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʝuð̞o].
What does "yudo" mean?
As a noun, "yudo" means: Arte marcial japonés, inventado por Jigorō Kanō en 1882.
How do you pronounce "yudo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yudo" is [ˈʝuð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yudo" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list