# yan vs Yi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Yi
*noun · frequency rank #11,999*
An ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous areas of southwest China.

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