yack
\jak\
The verdict
“yack” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ruminant à cornes et à longs poils, qui vit dans l’Asie centrale sur les hauts plateaux en altitude.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yack · yack · French
yack · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yack |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \jak\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “yack” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
yack is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \jak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ruminant à cornes et à longs poils, qui vit dans l’Asie centrale sur les hauts plateaux en altitude.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for yack in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is yack, spelled Y-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1Ruminant à cornes et à longs poils, qui vit dans l’Asie centrale sur les hauts plateaux en altitude.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voyez ce yack des hauts plateaux: protégé par sa toison, il ne craint rien…
Les éleveurs de yaks tirent leurs revenus du lait (transformé en fromage et en beurre) et en second lieu de la viande des animaux excédentaires (en général les mâles castrés). Toutefois, le yak est également un animal de bât, surtout dans les troupeaux transhumants, et l’on utilise en outre couramment son cuir, son long pelage et des excréments comme comb…
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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.
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