English homophones
ye/yee
"ye" (#4,729 written frequency) beats "yee" (#20,271) in this 2-word /jiː/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /jiː/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "ye" leads at #4,729, with "yee" trailing at #20,271.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "ye" then splits - "ye" (2 letters) vs "yee" (3).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across ye, yee: ey. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
ye
2 letters · 2 vowels · shape VV
Inventory ey · no private letters vs siblings
yee
3 letters · 3 vowels · shape VVV
Inventory ey · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "ye" when you mean: You (the people being addressed).
- Write "yee" when you mean: You (the people being addressed); alternative spelling of ye.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (ye, yee). Here's where to go from here.
- "ye" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #4,729 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: yeah · yer. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "ye, yee" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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