Yukon
/ˈju.kõ/
The verdict
“Yukon” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,681 among 26 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,681
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 26
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - território do Canadá cuja capital é Whitehorse
Corpus desk
Index PT-yukon · Yukon · Portuguese
Yukon · rank #57,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,681
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 26
- PHOTO-FINISH Étienne
Nearest frequency peer: Étienne (+2 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Yukon”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vivenda
vivenda
42,335 corpus weight
- warlock
warlock
42,328 corpus weight
- weak
weak
42,326 corpus weight
- Yukon
Yukon
42,320 corpus weight
- Étienne
Étienne
42,318 corpus weight
- abastado
abastado
42,306 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Yukon” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yukon |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈju.kõ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Yukon” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Yukon is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,681 among 26 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈju.kõ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "território do Canadá cuja capital é Whitehorse".
Zero misspellings are on record for Yukon in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is Yukon, spelled Y-U-K-O-N.
Definition
- 1território do Canadá cuja capital é Whitehorse
This word in other languages
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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