# yea vs Yi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yea
*adverb · IPA /jeɪ/ · frequency rank #4,645*
Yes, indeed.

### Yi
*noun · frequency rank #11,999*
An ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous areas of southwest China.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yea-vs-yi