Yoda

\jo.da\

/\jo.da\/ name

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The verdict

“Yoda” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,868. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,868
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage fictif de l’univers Star Wars.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yoda · Yoda · French

Yoda · rank #30,868 · 5 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,868
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH XXème

Nearest frequency peer: XXème (-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 « Yoda »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Yoda » 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).

Yoda vs you
25% similar
Yoda vs yon
25% similar
Yoda vs York
50% similar

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

Key facts for Yoda
PropertyValue
HeadwordYoda
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\jo.da\
Letters4
Frequency rank#30,868
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Yoda »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Yodase 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 « XXème » (#30,867), « Xinjiang » (#30,866), « Zacharie » (#30,870). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « Yoda » est au #30,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Yoda (IPA \jo.da\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,868 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personnage fictif de l’univers Star Wars.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yoda, with forms such as "oyda", "ydoa", and "yoad". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "you", "yon", "York", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Yoda, spelled Y-O-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personnage fictif de l’univers Star Wars.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle a, ainsi, à son actif des nudges en lien avec Astérix, Maître Yoda et une souris humanoïde.
  2. Je comprends l’admiration de Yoda et d’Obi-Wan.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oyda
  • ydoa
  • yoad
  • yodda
  • yyoda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yoda - 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.

oyda2ydoa2yoad2yodda1yyoda1
Edit distance from "Yoda"

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 "Yoda"?
"Yoda" is spelled Y-O-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is \jo.da\.
What does "Yoda" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yoda" means: Personnage fictif de l’univers Star Wars.
What words are commonly confused with "Yoda"?
"Yoda" is commonly confused with "you", "yon", "York". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Yoda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yoda" is \jo.da\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yoda" come from?
"Yoda" 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 "Yoda", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

usée#30,852trav#30,845such#30,824seat#30,805

Similar misspelling depth

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

boone5 variantssali5 variantsroque5 variantsdina5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list