Yandex
/ˈjan.dɛks/verb
Yandex is spelled Y-A-N-D-E-X: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, Yandex means “To search for (something) on the Internet using the Yandex search engine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Yandex?
| Letters | 6: Y-A-N-D-E-X |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Yandex?
Yandex appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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 Yandex?
- /ˈjan.dɛks/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Yandex.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Yandex
- Yandexes present, singular, he/she/it
- Yandexing participle, present
- Yandexed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Yandex mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
rareTo search for (something) on the Internet using the Yandex search engine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Yandex come from?
The name initially stood for “Yet Another iNDEXer”. The Russian word я (ja) corresponds to the English personal pronoun “I”, making Яndex a bilingual pun on index.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).