yester
/ˈjɛs.tɚ/
"yester" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yester” is uncommon English (frequency #84,930 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,930
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Yesterday.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yester · yester · English
yester · rank #84,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,930
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,763
- PHOTO-FINISH yella
Nearest frequency peer: yella (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “yester”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wuppertal
Wuppertal
15,077 corpus weight
- WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG
15,075 corpus weight
- yella
yella
15,072 corpus weight
- yester
yester
15,071 corpus weight
- Yiannopoulos
Yiannopoulos
15,070 corpus weight
- Zanetti
Zanetti
15,067 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “yester” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yester |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈjɛs.tɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yester” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yester is uncommon English at frequency #84,930 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈjɛs.tɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Yesterday.".
No misspelling variants are generated for yester in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English ġeostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday. The correct English form is yester, spelled Y-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Yesterday.
Etymology
From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English ġeostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.