York

/\jɔʁk\/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,102

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

York is aFrenchname. It means: Ville d’Angleterre située dans le comté du Yorkshire du Nord. Pronounced \jɔʁk\. It ranks #1,102 in French word frequency. Often confused with you and your.

Key facts for York
PropertyValue
HeadwordYork
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\jɔʁk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,102
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of York in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for York is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \jɔʁk\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,102 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for York, with forms such as "oyrk", "yokr", and "yorkk". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "you", "your", "yuri", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is York, spelled Y-O-R-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville d’Angleterre située dans le comté du Yorkshire du Nord.
  2. 2
    Ville sud-africaine du KwaZulu-Natal.
  3. 3
    Ville australienne d’Australie-Occidentale.
  4. 4
    Ancien nom de Toronto, capitale de l'Ontario au Canada.
  5. 5
    Ancien nom de Toronto, capitale de l'Ontario au Canada.
  6. 6
    Ancien nom de Toronto, capitale de l'Ontario au Canada.
  7. 7
    Ancien nom de Toronto, capitale de l'Ontario au Canada.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oyrk,yokr,yorkk,yorrk,yrok,yyork

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for York

Misspelling Variants of "York"

oyrk4yokr4yorkk5yorrk5yrok4yyork5
Misspelling Variants of "York"

Frequency rank: #1,102 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "York"?
"York" is spelled Y-O-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is \jɔʁk\.
What does "York" mean?
As a name, "York" means: Ville d’Angleterre située dans le comté du Yorkshire du Nord.
What words are commonly confused with "York"?
"York" is commonly confused with "you", "your", "yuri". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "York"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "York" is \jɔʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "York" come from?
"York" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter Y in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.