# yan vs ying

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ying
*noun · IPA /ˈjɪŋ/ · frequency rank #20,273*
Alternative form of ching (“knife”).

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