# yat vs yaya

> 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

### yaya
*noun · frequency rank #29,151*
A nanny; female caregiver; nursemaid

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