# yeti

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈjɛ.ti/ · frequency rank #28,799

## Definitions
1. An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **Yi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeti-vs-yi)
- **yt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeti-vs-yt)
- **yew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeti-vs-yew)
- **Yui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeti-vs-yui)
- **Yuri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeti-vs-yuri)
- **yogi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeti-vs-yogi)
- **Yuki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeti-vs-yuki)
- **yumi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeti-vs-yumi)
- **ye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ye-vs-yeti)
- **yet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yet-vs-yeti)
- **yes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yes-vs-yeti)
- **yep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yep-vs-yeti)
- **yea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yea-vs-yeti)
- **yen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yen-vs-yeti)
- **yer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yer-vs-yeti)
- **yeh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeh-vs-yeti)
- **yee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yee-vs-yeti)
- **yeo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yeo-vs-yeti)
- **yat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yat-vs-yeti)
- **year** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/year-vs-yeti)

## Common misspellings (5)
`eyti`, `yeit`, `yetti`, `ytei`, `yyeti`

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