yellow

\ˈjɛ.ləʊ\

/\ˈjɛ.ləʊ\/ adj

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The verdict

“yellow” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,861
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
7
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-yellow · yellow · French

yellow · rank #25,861 · 7 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,861
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH youpi

Nearest frequency peer: youpi (+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 « yellow »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « yellow » 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 yellow
PropertyValue
Headwordyellow
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈjɛ.ləʊ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,861
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « yellow »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).yellowse 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 « youpi » (#25,862), « wish » (#25,858), « édite » (#25,864). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « yellow » est au #25,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around yellow (IPA \ˈjɛ.ləʊ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,861 among 198 “Y” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for yellow, with forms such as "eyllow", "yelloww", and "yellwo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is yellow, spelled Y-E-L-L-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jaune.
  2. 2
    Qui soutient le parti libéral démocratique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Courtsied when you have and kiss’d The wild waves whist, Foot it featly here and there; And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear.
  2. It is the strangest yellow, that wall paper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I ever saw—not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old foul, bad yellow things.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eyllow
  • yelloww
  • yellwo
  • yelolw
  • yelow
  • ylelow
  • yyellow

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yellow - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eyllow2yelloww1yellwo2yelolw2yelow1ylelow2yyellow1
Edit distance from "yellow"

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 "yellow"?
"yellow" is spelled Y-E-L-L-O-W. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈjɛ.ləʊ\.
What does "yellow" mean?
As an adjective, "yellow" means: Jaune.
What are common misspellings of "yellow"?
Common misspellings include "eyllow", "yelloww", "yellwo", "yelolw", "yelow". The correct spelling is "yellow".
How do you pronounce "yellow"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yellow" is \ˈjɛ.ləʊ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yellow" come from?
"yellow" 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 "yellow", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

accroc#25,871tricot#25,843transe#25,841Tobias#25,838

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

édite7 variantsépicé7 variantstutos7 variantsaurora7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list