# yan vs yen

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yan
*num · IPA /jæn/ · frequency rank #14,458*
One.

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yan-vs-yen