# yow vs yue

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### yue
*noun · frequency rank #38,253*
An ancient Chinese unit of volume, notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds.

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