yadda
"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.
| 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
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
- 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.
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.
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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.
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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.