# Yadav vs yaya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Yadav
*noun · frequency rank #28,434*
A member of a grouping of traditionally non-elite, cow headers and peasant-pastoral grazing communities or castes in the Indian Subcontinent.

### yaya
*noun · frequency rank #29,151*
A nanny; female caregiver; nursemaid

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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