Yarmouk

\jaʁ.muk\

/\jaʁ.muk\/ name

The verdict

“Yarmouk” is uncommon French (frequency #54,340 among 198 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,340
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière du plateau du Golan, affluent du Jourdain en Syrie, Israël et Palestine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yarmouk · Yarmouk · French

Yarmouk · rank #54,340 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,340
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yanis

Nearest frequency peer: Yanis (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Yarmouk »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Yarmouk » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yarmouk
PropertyValue
HeadwordYarmouk
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\jaʁ.muk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,340
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Yarmouk » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Yarmouktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Yanis » (#54,339), « Xerxès » (#54,338), « yougoslaves » (#54,342). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « Yarmouk » est au #54,340. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yarmouk is uncommon French at frequency #54,340 among 198 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \jaʁ.muk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Yarmouk in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Yarmouk, spelled Y-A-R-M-O-U-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivière du plateau du Golan, affluent du Jourdain en Syrie, Israël et Palestine.
  2. 2
    Localité de la banlieue de Damas en Syrie, ancien camp de réfugiés palestiniens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Au fil des années, Yarmouk s’est peu à peu fondu dans le tissu urbain de la capitale syrienne, jusqu’à devenir un quartier à part entière de la ville, où résident également des Syriens et des Irakiens.

This word in other languages

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 "Yarmouk"?
"Yarmouk" is spelled Y-A-R-M-O-U-K. The IPA pronunciation is \jaʁ.muk\.
What does "Yarmouk" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yarmouk" means: Rivière du plateau du Golan, affluent du Jourdain en Syrie, Israël et Palestine.
How do you pronounce "Yarmouk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yarmouk" is \jaʁ.muk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yarmouk" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list