# yay vs ye

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yay-vs-ye