yoga

\jɔ.ɡɑ\

/\jɔ.ɡɑ\/ noun

The verdict

“yoga” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,613. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,613
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discipline visant, par la méditation, la gymnastique et l’ascèse à réaliser l’unification de l’être dans ses aspects psychique, physique et spirituel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yoga · yoga · French

yoga · rank #10,613 · 5 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,613
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wikipédia

Nearest frequency peer: Wikipédia (-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 « yoga »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « yoga » 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).

yoga vs you
50% similar
yoga vs yon
50% similar
yoga vs YPG
0% similar

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

Key facts for yoga
PropertyValue
Headwordyoga
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\jɔ.ɡɑ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,613
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « yoga »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).yogase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Wikipédia » (#10,612), « Yvelines » (#10,614), « western » (#10,611). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « yoga » est au #10,613. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around yoga (IPA \jɔ.ɡɑ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,613 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Discipline visant, par la méditation, la gymnastique et l’ascèse à réaliser l’unification de l’être dans ses aspects psychique, physique et spirituel.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for yoga, with forms such as "oyga", "ygoa", and "yoag". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "you", "yon", "YPG", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is yoga, spelled Y-O-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Discipline visant, par la méditation, la gymnastique et l’ascèse à réaliser l’unification de l’être dans ses aspects psychique, physique et spirituel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour beaucoup cette perception est goût « exotique », art d’agrément ; on s’intéresse au Moyen Âge comme l’on ferait de la peinture sur soie ou du yoga.
  2. Depuis des millénaires, la voie a été désignée comme « l'union des contraires » (c'est le sens étymologique du mot yoga) ou « la réconciliation des opposés ».

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oyga
  • ygoa
  • yoag
  • yogga
  • yyoga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yoga - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oyga2ygoa2yoag2yogga1yyoga1
Edit distance from "yoga"

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 "yoga"?
"yoga" is spelled Y-O-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is \jɔ.ɡɑ\.
What does "yoga" mean?
As a noun, "yoga" means: Discipline visant, par la méditation, la gymnastique et l’ascèse à réaliser l’unification de l’être dans ses aspects psychique, physique et spirituel.
What words are commonly confused with "yoga"?
"yoga" is commonly confused with "you", "yon", "YPG". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "yoga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yoga" is \jɔ.ɡɑ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yoga" come from?
"yoga" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list