Youri
\ju.ʁi\
The verdict
“Youri” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,599
- frequency rank, French
- 198
- “Y” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-youri · Youri · French
Youri · rank #29,599 · 6 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,599
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 198
- PHOTO-FINISH Ypres
Nearest frequency peer: Ypres (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Youri”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Webber
Webber
70,405 corpus weight
- xénophobe
xénophobe
70,404 corpus weight
- Youri
Youri
70,402 corpus weight
- Ypres
Ypres
70,401 corpus weight
- zaïre
zaïre
70,400 corpus weight
- zodiac
zodiac
70,399 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Youri” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Youri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ju.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Youri” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Youri (IPA \ju.ʁi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,599 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Youri, with forms such as "oyuri", "yorui", and "youir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "yuri", "yuki", "youth", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Youri, spelled Y-O-U-R-I.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Youri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'année suivante [1983], la diffusion dans les pays occidentaux du téléfilm Le Jour d'après (The Day After) marque les esprits, alors que la tension est vive entre les gouvernements de Ronald Reagan et de Youri Andropov.
« J’aimerais changer mon téléphone depuis des mois. S’il y a une bonne offre, ce sera l’occasion, sinon on attendra », explique Youri.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oyuri
- yorui
- youir
- yourri
- yuori
- yyouri
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Youri - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Youri", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Youri" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "yuri". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,599 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "Y" letter cohort. Y–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.