yadda

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"yadda" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“yadda” is an uncommon English word, ranked #55,197 in English word frequency and used as an interjection.

#55,197
frequency rank, English
5
letters

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.

Key facts for yadda
PropertyValue
Headwordyadda
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,197
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “yadda” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). yadda lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for yadda is 5 letters long, classified as an interjection. Corpus data places it at rank #55,197 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

  1. 1
    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.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yadda"?
"yadda" is spelled Y-A-D-D-A.
What does "yadda" mean?
As an interjection, "yadda" means: 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.
What is the origin of the word "yadda"?
See yada yada yada. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “yadda”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is Y-A-D-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list