# yelp

> English word · Noun · IPA /jɛlp/ · frequency rank #21,120

## Definitions
1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.

## Etymology
From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelp, from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”).

## Easily confused with
- **YP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yp)
- **yet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yet)
- **yes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yes)
- **yep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yep)
- **yup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yup)
- **yen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yen)
- **yer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yer)
- **yew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yew)
- **yeo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yeo)
- **yip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yip)
- **yolk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yolk)
- **yeti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yeti)
- **YOLO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yolo)
- **Yule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yule)
- **yield** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yield)
- **ye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ye-vs-yelp)
- **yea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yea-vs-yelp)
- **yeh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeh-vs-yelp)
- **yee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yee-vs-yelp)
- **yap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yap-vs-yelp)

## Common misspellings (6)
`eylp`, `yellp`, `yelpp`, `yepl`, `ylep`, `yyelp`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yelp