yakuza

\ja.ku.za\

/\ja.ku.za\/ noun

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The verdict

“yakuza” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,335. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,335
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
8
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membre de la mafia japonaise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yakuza · yakuza · French

yakuza · rank #35,335 · 8 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,335
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH wouah

Nearest frequency peer: wouah (-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 « yakuza »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « yakuza » 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
Key facts for yakuza
PropertyValue
Headwordyakuza
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ja.ku.za\
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,335
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « yakuza »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).yakuzase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « wouah » (#35,334), « Yates » (#35,336), « workshop » (#35,333). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « yakuza » est au #35,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around yakuza (IPA \ja.ku.za\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,335 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Membre de la mafia japonaise.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for yakuza, with forms such as "aykuza", "yakkuza", and "yakuaz". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is yakuza, spelled Y-A-K-U-Z-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Membre de la mafia japonaise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a été assassiné par des yakuzas.
  2. Dans le même temps, estiment des responsables de la police japonaise, certains yakuzas font parfois semblant de prendre leur retraite pour poursuivre leurs activités, notamment la délinquance en col blanc, tout en échappant à la répression policière.

This word in other languages

yakuza(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aykuza
  • yakkuza
  • yakuaz
  • yakuzza
  • yakzua
  • yaukza
  • ykauza
  • yyakuza

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aykuza2yakkuza1yakuaz2yakuzza1yakzua2yaukza2ykauza2yyakuza1
Edit distance from "yakuza"

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 "yakuza"?
"yakuza" is spelled Y-A-K-U-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ja.ku.za\.
What does "yakuza" mean?
As a noun, "yakuza" means: Membre de la mafia japonaise.
What are common misspellings of "yakuza"?
Common misspellings include "aykuza", "yakkuza", "yakuaz", "yakuzza", "yakzua". The correct spelling is "yakuza".
How do you pronounce "yakuza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yakuza" is \ja.ku.za\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yakuza" come from?
"yakuza" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

accrus#35,353typhus#35,317allocs#35,363Tibère#35,307

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

vêtir8 variantsallende8 variantsaprèm8 variantsArendt8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list