yeah
/jɛ(ə)/particle, interjection, noun
yeah is spelled Y-E-A-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 234 times per million words in written English, the 425th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “yea vs yeah” about 4,400 times a month (Google, United States). As a particle, yeah means “Yes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in yeah?
| Letters | 4: Y-E-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 234 times per million words; the 425th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is yeah?
Yeah appears 234 times per million words in written English, the 425th 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 yeah?
- /jɛ(ə)/
- /jaː/
- /jæ(.ə)/
Yeah has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-yeah.ogg, En-us-yeah-interjection.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with yeah
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: yea, yeah nah, yeah no, yeah right, yeh, yer, yh, yuh.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with yeah?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as yeah.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: haye, heya.
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 yeah
- yea
- ya
- ye
- yeh
- yeag
- yeahs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yeah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
particle
- 1
colloquialYes.
–You wanna get pizza for dinner? –Yeah, all right.
- 2
colloquialUsed to express acknowledgment of what was previously said.
–You wanna get pizza for dinner? –Yeah, I think I'm gonna have leftovers instead.
- 3
colloquialUsed to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
I was walking down the road, yeah, and you know what I saw, yeah? A dog wearing a dress!
interjection
- 1
colloquialExpressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.
Yeah! We did it!
noun
- 1
colloquialPronunciation spelling of year.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate yeah?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of yeah: yh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yeah in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ouais |
| German | jo, joa, ja |
| Portuguese | sim, é, iá , é!, isso aí!, boa! |
| Spanish | sí, seh, sipi, aa, mm |
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 yeah come from?
Colloquial form of yea or yes. Compare nah. Analyzable as yes + -h.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).