yeti
/ˈjɛ.ti/noun
yeti is spelled Y-E-T-I: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yeti means “An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yeti is yetis.
How many letters and syllables are in yeti?
| Letters | 4: Y-E-T-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 yeti?
Yeti appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 yeti?
- /ˈjɛ.ti/
- US /ˈjɛ.ti/
- US [ˈjɛ.ɾi]
Yeti has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-yeti.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with yeti?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as yeti from its last stressed vowel (/ɛti/):
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).
Forms of yeti
- yetis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yeti mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yeti in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unidentified animal:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | yéti |
| German | Yeti, Schneemensch |
| Portuguese | iéti, abominável homem das neves |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does yeti come from?
Borrowed from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “wildman, yeti”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “dirt, rust, slate”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”). Attested since 1937.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).