yadda
"yadda" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yadda” is uncommon English (frequency #55,197 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,197
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Used three times in a row, or in combination with other words, to indicate part of a sentence which would be annoying to include, or which is incomprehensible, or which is just unimportant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yadda · yadda · English
yadda · rank #55,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,197
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,763
- PHOTO-FINISH yad
Nearest frequency peer: yad (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “yadda”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- xenia
xenia
44,807 corpus weight
- yad
yad
44,805 corpus weight
- yadda
yadda
44,804 corpus weight
- Yana
Yana
44,803 corpus weight
- Yoder
Yoder
44,801 corpus weight
- zilch
zilch
44,799 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “yadda” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yadda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yadda” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yadda is uncommon English at frequency #55,197 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Used three times in a row, or in combination with other words, to indicate part of a sentence which would be annoying to include, or which is incomprehensible, or which is just unimportant.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for yadda in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: See yada yada yada. The correct English form is yadda, spelled Y-A-D-D-A.
Definition
- 1Used three times in a row, or in combination with other words, to indicate part of a sentence which would be annoying to include, or which is incomprehensible, or which is just unimportant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yadda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In fact, the academic said, crime trends are influenced far more by demographics and social forces and yadda, yadda, yadda than by police work.
The planners held all the requisite public hearings, public discussions, public meetings, public forums, yadda public-this and yadda public-that.
Etymology
See yada yada yada.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yadda", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.