Yahya
The verdict
“Yahya” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,270
- frequency rank, French
- 198
- “Y” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yahya · Yahya · French
Yahya · rank #48,270 · 7 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,270
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 198
- PHOTO-FINISH whirlpool
Nearest frequency peer: whirlpool (-2 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 « Yahya »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- whale
whale
51,735 corpus weight
- whatever
whatever
51,734 corpus weight
- whirlpool
whirlpool
51,733 corpus weight
- Yahya
Yahya
51,731 corpus weight
- zag
zag
51,728 corpus weight
- Zeitschrift
Zeitschrift
51,727 corpus weight
What this shows « Yahya » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yahya |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Yahya »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Yahya, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,270 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yahya, with forms such as "ayhya", "yahay", and "yahhya". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "yay", "Yaya", "Yahia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Yahya, spelled Y-A-H-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Yahya appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pourtant, Yahya Sinwar va construire l’image d’un Hamas de moins en moins belliqueux frontalement envers Israël, ce qui a pu tromper les services de renseignement.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ayhya
- yahay
- yahhya
- yahyya
- yayha
- yhaya
- yyahya
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yahya - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).