yuki

/\ju.ki\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,520

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

yuki is aFrenchnoun. It means: Langue amérindienne de la famille des langues yukianes parlée par les Yukis aux États-Unis. Pronounced \ju.ki\. Often confused with yum and yuri.

Key facts for yuki
PropertyValue
Headwordyuki
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ju.ki\
Letters4
Frequency rank#33,520
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for yuki is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ju.ki\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,520 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for yuki, with forms such as "uyki", "ykui", and "yuik". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "yum", "yuri", "Yukon", 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 yuki, spelled Y-U-K-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue amérindienne de la famille des langues yukianes parlée par les Yukis aux États-Unis.
  2. 2
    Langue amérindienne de la famille des langues tupi-guarani parlée par les Yuquis en Bolivie. C'est une des langues officielles du pays.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: uyki,ykui,yuik,yukki,yyuki

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for yuki

Misspelling Variants of "yuki"

uyki4ykui4yuik4yukki5yyuki5
Misspelling Variants of "yuki"

Frequency rank: #33,520 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yuki"?
"yuki" is spelled Y-U-K-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ju.ki\.
What does "yuki" mean?
As a noun, "yuki" means: Langue amérindienne de la famille des langues yukianes parlée par les Yukis aux États-Unis.
What words are commonly confused with "yuki"?
"yuki" is commonly confused with "yum", "yuri", "Yukon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "yuki"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yuki" is \ju.ki\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yuki" come from?
"yuki" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

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

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