# Yao vs ye

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Yao
*noun · frequency rank #24,065*
The Mien people of China.

### ye
*pronoun · IPA /jiː/ · frequency rank #4,729*
You (the people being addressed).

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