# yat vs yay

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yat
*noun · frequency rank #48,026*
A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use

### yay
*intj · IPA /jeɪ/ · frequency rank #8,108*
An expression of happiness.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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