# yaw vs yue

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yaw
*noun · IPA /jɔː/ · frequency rank #34,355*
The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.

### yue
*noun · frequency rank #38,253*
An ancient Chinese unit of volume, notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds.

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