yuyo
[ˈʝuʝo]
The verdict
“yuyo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,496 among 177 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,496
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hierba perjudicial para los sembrados, que invade las tierras y que el ganado no come.
Corpus desk
Index ES-yuyo · yuyo · Spanish
yuyo · rank #90,496 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,496
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH Zambrana
Nearest frequency peer: Zambrana (+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 “yuyo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Yanguas
Yanguas
9,511 corpus weight
- yield
yield
9,509 corpus weight
- yuyo
yuyo
9,505 corpus weight
- Zambrana
Zambrana
9,504 corpus weight
- zarzamora
zarzamora
9,502 corpus weight
- Zenaida
Zenaida
9,500 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “yuyo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yuyo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʝuʝo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “yuyo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
yuyo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,496 among 177 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʝuʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for yuyo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 yuyo, spelled Y-U-Y-O.
Definition
- 1Hierba perjudicial para los sembrados, que invade las tierras y que el ganado no come.
- 2Hierba silvestre cualquiera, nacida espontáneamente; mala hierba.
- 3(Brassica campestris) Crucífera, de flores amarillas y frutos en silicua, que invade los sembrados y tiene una raíz comestible.
- 4Ampolla en los pies.
- 5Cosa insípida o persona sin gracia.
- 6Infusión hecha con alguna hierba silvestre o medicinal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yuyo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puede sin cuidao vivir, que primero han de decir que la vizcacha es caballo y que es sauce la bisnaga, y que los montes son yuyos, que asegurar que son suyos los tristes versos que yo haga.
Donde el callejón se pierde brotó ese yuyo verde del perdón...
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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