Yuma

\ju.ma\

/\ju.ma\/ name

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The verdict

“Yuma” is uncommon French (frequency #66,435 among 198 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,435
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville de l’Arizona.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yuma · Yuma · French

Yuma · rank #66,435 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,435
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yopougon

Nearest frequency peer: Yopougon (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Yuma »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Yuma » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yuma
PropertyValue
HeadwordYuma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ju.ma\
Letters4
Frequency rank#66,435
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Yuma » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Yumatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Yopougon » (#66,434), « ébranlés » (#66,436), « yeti » (#66,433). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « Yuma » est au #66,435. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yuma is uncommon French at frequency #66,435 among 198 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ju.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Yuma, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Yuma, spelled Y-U-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville de l’Arizona.
  2. 2
    Ville du Colorado.
  3. 3
    Ville de République dominicaine.
  4. 4
    Désert situé au sud-ouest des États-Unis et au nord-ouest du Mexique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les essais débutent dès l'été suivant à Yuma, dans le désert de l’Arizona, avec un M-48 à la caisse modifiée qui prend l’appellation M-48A2E1.

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 "Yuma"?
"Yuma" is spelled Y-U-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ju.ma\.
What does "Yuma" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yuma" means: Ville de l’Arizona.
How do you pronounce "Yuma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yuma" is \ju.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yuma" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

yeti#66,433UNSS#66,409twit#66,405acts#66,469

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list