yachts

\jɔt\

/\jɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“yachts” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,641. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,641
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de yacht.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yachts · yachts · French

yachts · rank #32,641 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,641
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH ébats

Nearest frequency peer: ébats (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « yachts »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « yachts » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

yachts vs yacht
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for yachts
PropertyValue
Headwordyachts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\jɔt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#32,641
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « yachts »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.yachtsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ébats » (#32,642), « whole » (#32,639), « éblouissante » (#32,643). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « yachts » est au #32,641. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around yachts (IPA \jɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,641 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de yacht.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for yachts, with forms such as "aychts", "yacchts", and "yachhts". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "yacht", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is yachts, spelled Y-A-C-H-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de yacht.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Des yachts et des petits canots vêtus de leurs tauds d’hivernage dansaient doucement au mouillage, dans le mitant du chenal et on apercevait, sur la berge opposée, quelques vieilles carcasses à bout d’océan qui terminaient leur carrière dans la vase noire, sous les branches nues des chênes têtards.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aychts
  • yacchts
  • yachhts
  • yachst
  • yachtss
  • yachtts
  • yacths
  • yahcts
  • ycahts
  • yyachts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yachts - 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.

aychts2yacchts1yachhts1yachst2yachtss1yachtts1yacths2yahcts2
Edit distance from "yachts"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yachts"?
"yachts" is spelled Y-A-C-H-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \jɔt\.
What does "yachts" mean?
As a noun, "yachts" means: Pluriel de yacht.
What words are commonly confused with "yachts"?
"yachts" is commonly confused with "yacht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "yachts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yachts" is \jɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yachts" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yachts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

éclata#32,645tocard#32,621Tigers#32,620taudis#32,618

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

écueils10 variantsélèvera10 variantstruites10 variantstraduis10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list