y'know
/jəˈnoʊ/contraction
y'know is spelled Y-K-N-O-W: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a contraction, y'know means “Alternative form of you know” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in y'know?
| Letters | 5: Y-K-N-O-W |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is y'know?
Y'know appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce y'know?
- UK /jəˈnəʊ/
- US /jəˈnoʊ/
Y'know has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-y'know.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with y'know
Also written: yknow, you know.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with y'know?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as y'know from its last stressed vowel (/oʊ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does y'know mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
contraction
- 1
informalAlternative form of you know.
Y'know, come to think of it, you're right.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Y'know in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense you know:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.