yeesh
"yeesh" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yeesh” is uncommon English (frequency #73,814 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,814
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expressing exasperation or impatience.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yeesh · yeesh · English
yeesh · rank #73,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,814
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH Yasuda
Nearest frequency peer: Yasuda (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “yeesh”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Wycliffe
Wycliffe
26,192 corpus weight
- yarborough
yarborough
26,190 corpus weight
- Yasuda
Yasuda
26,188 corpus weight
- yeesh
yeesh
26,187 corpus weight
- yellowtail
yellowtail
26,185 corpus weight
- Yoshiko
Yoshiko
26,182 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “yeesh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yeesh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “yeesh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
yeesh is uncommon English at frequency #73,814 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for yeesh, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps yuck or yech, etc. influenced by sheesh. The correct English form is yeesh, spelled Y-E-E-S-H.
Definition
- 1Expressing exasperation or impatience.
- 2Expressing relief; phew, whew.
- 3Expressing disgust; yuck, yech.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yeesh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You ask..yeesh do we have to teach you EVERYTHING??
>How can there be a "best" crime against humanity? Ones that get rid of the most undesirable ethnic groups. Yeesh do I have to draw a picture?
Etymology
Perhaps yuck or yech, etc. influenced by sheesh.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).