Yacoub
\ja.kub\
The verdict
“Yacoub” is uncommon French (frequency #91,304 among 5,604 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,304
- frequency rank, French
- 5,604
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille d’origine arabe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yacoub · Yacoub · French
Yacoub · rank #91,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,304
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,604
- PHOTO-FINISH Wut
Nearest frequency peer: Wut (-5 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Yacoub”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- whiskys
whiskys
8,705 corpus weight
- Wimereux
Wimereux
8,704 corpus weight
- Wut
Wut
8,702 corpus weight
- Yacoub
Yacoub
8,697 corpus weight
- zend
zend
8,690 corpus weight
- Zoroastre
Zoroastre
8,689 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Yacoub” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yacoub |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ja.kub\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yacoub” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Yacoub is uncommon French at frequency #91,304 among 5,604 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ja.kub\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille d’origine arabe.".
Yacoub has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Yacoub, spelled Y-A-C-O-U-B.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille d’origine arabe.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.