# year vs yen

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### year
*noun · IPA /jɪə/ · frequency rank #117*
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.

### yen
*noun · IPA /jɛn/ · frequency rank #10,800*
The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/year-vs-yen