# yen vs yong

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### yong
*adjective · frequency rank #16,835*
Obsolete spelling of young.

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