yat
noun
yat is spelled Y-A-T: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yat means “A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yat is yats.
How many letters and syllables are in yat?
| Letters | 3: Y-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is yat?
Yat appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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).
What rhymes with yat?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as yat.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tay.
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).
Forms of yat
- yats plural
- jat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
- 2
The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
- 3
slangAlternative spelling of yatt (“woman”).
noun
- 1
A person of the New Orleans, Louisiana area who speaks with a Yat accent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yat in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an obsolete letter of the Cyrillic alphabet "Ѣ/ѣ":
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jat, ïat, iat, yat’, jat’ |
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.
Where does yat come from?
From a Slavic language; compare Russian ять (jatʹ).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).