yo-yo
\jo.jo\
The verdict
“yo-yo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante, dans l'orthographe traditionnelle, de yoyo.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yo-yo · yo-yo · French
yo-yo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yo-yo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \jo.jo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « yo-yo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
yo-yo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \jo.jo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for yo-yo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 yo-yo, spelled Y-O---Y-O.
Definition
- 1Variante, dans l'orthographe traditionnelle, de yoyo.
- 2Variante, dans l'orthographe traditionnelle, de yoyo.
- 3Variante, dans l'orthographe traditionnelle, de yoyo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yo-yo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En prison, de nombreux détenus pratiquent la technique du yo-yo.
Finalement, c’est le yo-yo confinement-déconfinement qui est invivable.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.