yoyo

\jɔ.jo\

/\jɔ.jo\/ noun

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The verdict

“yoyo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,609
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jouet qui consiste en deux hémisphères aplatis, réunis par un axe autour duquel s’enroule une ficelle dont l'autre extrémité s’attache au doigt ou est retenue par la main.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yoyo · yoyo · French

yoyo · rank #38,609 · 5 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,609
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH yolo

Nearest frequency peer: yolo (-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 « yoyo »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « yoyo » 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).

yoyo vs yo
50% similar
yoyo vs you
50% similar
yoyo vs yon
50% similar

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

Key facts for yoyo
PropertyValue
Headwordyoyo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\jɔ.jo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#38,609
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « yoyo »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).yoyose 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 « yolo » (#38,608), « ébranlée » (#38,610), « Yolande » (#38,607). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « yoyo » est au #38,609. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around yoyo (IPA \jɔ.jo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,609 among 198 “Y” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for yoyo, with forms such as "oyyo", "yooy", and "yoyyo". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "yo", "you", "yon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is yoyo, spelled Y-O-Y-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jouet qui consiste en deux hémisphères aplatis, réunis par un axe autour duquel s’enroule une ficelle dont l'autre extrémité s’attache au doigt ou est retenue par la main.
  2. 2
    Hausse et baisse rapide de certains indices numériques.
  3. 3
    Hauts et bas de certains événements.
  4. 4
    Cordelette ou ficelle de fortune, permettant aux détenus de se faire passer des objets par les fenêtres des cellules voisines.
  5. 5
    Beignets tunisiens.
  6. 6
    Dispositif destiné à dégyrer un engin spatial.
  7. 7
    Aérateur trans-tympanique, diabolo.
  8. 8
    Locotracteur effectuant des mouvements successifs dans un faisceau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 13 octobre 44 – Mon Joe s’appelait Duncan comme le yoyo et j’aurais pu passer de bons moments avec lui.
  2. De même, le jeu de yoyo des bourses est une autre indication.

Synonyms

émigrette

This word in other languages

yoyo(English)Jo-Jo(Deutsch)ioiô(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oyyo
  • yooy
  • yoyyo
  • yyoo
  • yyoyo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yoyo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oyyo2yooy2yoyyo1yyoo2yyoyo1
Edit distance from "yoyo"

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 "yoyo"?
"yoyo" is spelled Y-O-Y-O. The IPA pronunciation is \jɔ.jo\.
What does "yoyo" mean?
As a noun, "yoyo" means: Jouet qui consiste en deux hémisphères aplatis, réunis par un axe autour duquel s’enroule une ficelle dont l'autre extrémité s’attache au doigt ou est retenue par la main.
What words are commonly confused with "yoyo"?
"yoyo" is commonly confused with "yo", "you", "yon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "yoyo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yoyo" is \jɔ.jo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yoyo" come from?
"yoyo" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

yolo#38,608able#38,623amel#38,642asti#38,655

Similar misspelling depth

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

Assas5 variantstarse5 variantsbeef5 variantscapo5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list