# yam vs yen

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yam
*noun · IPA /jæm/ · frequency rank #27,704*
Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.

### yen
*noun · IPA /jɛn/ · frequency rank #10,800*
The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.

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