yeah, right
/jɛə̯ ɹaɪt/
"yeah-right" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yeah, right” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expresses disbelief.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yeah-right · yeah, right · English
yeah, right · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yeah, right |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /jɛə̯ ɹaɪt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “yeah, right” in English
Rare enough to double-check
yeah, right is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /jɛə̯ ɹaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for yeah, right, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is yeah, right, spelled Y-E-A-H-,- -R-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Expresses disbelief.
- 2Correct; affirmative; yes; yes, that is correct.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yeah, right appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Your dog ate your homework? Yeah, right.
“You were watching the front.” “Oh yeah, right. So I'm watching the front, and I hear this commotion upstairs. So as I'm looking up, something catches my eye.”
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.