# yo vs yow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### yow
*noun · IPA /ðaʊ/ · frequency rank #40,527*
Alternative form of yowe.

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