yeti
\ˈjɛt.i\
The verdict
“yeti” is uncommon French (frequency #66,433 among 198 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,433
- frequency rank, French
- 198
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Yéti.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yeti · yeti · French
yeti · rank #66,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,433
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 198
- PHOTO-FINISH Yasmin
Nearest frequency peer: Yasmin (-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 « yeti »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Worley
Worley
33,571 corpus weight
- Yamoussoukro
Yamoussoukro
33,570 corpus weight
- Yasmin
Yasmin
33,569 corpus weight
- yeti
yeti
33,568 corpus weight
- Yopougon
Yopougon
33,567 corpus weight
- Yuma
Yuma
33,566 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « yeti » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yeti |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈjɛt.i\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « yeti » en français
Rare enough to double-check
yeti is uncommon French at frequency #66,433 among 198 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈjɛt.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Yéti.".
No misspelling variants are generated for yeti in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is yeti, spelled Y-E-T-I.
Definition
- 1Yéti.
Synonyms
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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