Yankee

\jɑ̃.ki\

/\jɑ̃.ki\/ noun

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The verdict

“Yankee” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,795
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Américain, Étatsunien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yankee · Yankee · French

Yankee · rank #28,795 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,795
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yaya

Nearest frequency peer: Yaya (+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 « Yankee »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Yankee » 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).

Yankee vs Yankees
86% similar

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

Key facts for Yankee
PropertyValue
HeadwordYankee
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\jɑ̃.ki\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,795
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Yankee »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Yankeese 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 « Yaya » (#28,796), « warcraft » (#28,793), « Yukon » (#28,797). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « Yankee » est au #28,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Yankee (IPA \jɑ̃.ki\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,795 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Américain, Étatsunien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yankee, with forms such as "aynkee", "yaknee", and "yaneke". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Yankees", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Yankee, spelled Y-A-N-K-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Américain, Étatsunien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bien qu’il n’ait pas de boucles aux oreilles ni d’anneau au nez, je ne serais pas surpris que ce fût un Américain, – je dirai plus, un Yankee.
  2. Le mépris si profond que le Grec avait pour le Barbare, le Yankee l’a pour le travailleur étranger qui ne fait point d’effort pour devenir vraiment américain.

This word in other languages

Yankee(English)Yanqui(Español)ianque(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aynkee
  • yaknee
  • yaneke
  • yanke
  • yankkee
  • yannkee
  • ynakee
  • yyankee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yankee - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aynkee2yaknee2yaneke2yanke1yankkee1yannkee1ynakee2yyankee1
Edit distance from "Yankee"

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 "Yankee"?
"Yankee" is spelled Y-A-N-K-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is \jɑ̃.ki\.
What does "Yankee" mean?
As a noun, "Yankee" means: Américain, Étatsunien.
What words are commonly confused with "Yankee"?
"Yankee" is commonly confused with "Yankees". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Yankee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yankee" is \jɑ̃.ki\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yankee" come from?
"Yankee" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

vortex#28,790acquit#28,813testez#28,775Agadir#28,818

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list