yester
/ˈjɛs.tɚ/obsolete
yester is spelled Y-E-S-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a prefix, yester means “Belonging to the day preceding the present; next before the present” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in yester?
| Letters | 6: Y-E-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is yester?
Yester appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th 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 yester?
- US /ˈjɛs.tɚ/
- UK /ˈjɛs.tə/
- /ˈjɛstə(ɹ)/
Yester has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-yester-.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with yester?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as yester from its last stressed vowel (/ɛstəɹ/):
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).
What does yester mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
archaicYesterday.
adjective
- 1
archaicOf or pertaining to yesterday.
yester eve, yester even(ing), yester morning
noun
- 1
archaicYesterday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).