# yo vs york

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yo
*intj · IPA /jəʊ/ · frequency rank #3,346*
A greeting similar to hi.

### york
*verb · IPA /jɔː(ɹ)k/ · frequency rank #429*
to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.

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