# Y vs ya

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Y
*character · IPA [ˈʏpsilɔn] · frequency rank #2,322*
fünfundzwanzigster Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets

### ya
*noun · IPA [jâ] · frequency rank #19,781*
ältere Schwester

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/y-vs-ya