yuan
\jɥan\
The verdict
“yuan” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #19,717 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,717
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Devise officielle de la Chine. Un yuan vaut 10 jiaos et 100 fens. Code ISO 4217 : CNY.
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 | yuan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \jɥan\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #19,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yuan” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for yuan is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \jɥan\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,717 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Devise officielle de la Chine. Un yuan vaut 10 jiaos et 100 fens. Code ISO 4217 : CNY.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for yuan, with forms such as "uyan", "yaun", and "yuann". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "yum", "Yvon", "Yvan", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is yuan, spelled Y-U-A-N.
Definition
- 1Devise officielle de la Chine. Un yuan vaut 10 jiaos et 100 fens. Code ISO 4217 : CNY.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uyan,yaun,yuann,yuna,yyuan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yuan - 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.
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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Using “yuan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Y-U-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \jɥan\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “yum” - see the side-by-side comparison. yuan vs yum
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.