# yah vs yo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yah
*adverb · IPA /jʌː/ · frequency rank #14,254*
Yes.

### yo
*intj · IPA /jəʊ/ · frequency rank #3,346*
A greeting similar to hi.

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