yippee
/ˌjɪˈpi/
"yippee" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yippee” is uncommon English (frequency #59,134 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,134
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used to express excitement or joy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yippee · yippee · English
yippee · rank #59,134 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,134
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH yazoo
Nearest frequency peer: yazoo (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “yippee”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- wryly
wryly
40,872 corpus weight
- yazoo
yazoo
40,868 corpus weight
- yippee
yippee
40,867 corpus weight
- your's
your's
40,866 corpus weight
- yume
yume
40,864 corpus weight
- Zacharias
Zacharias
40,863 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “yippee” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yippee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˌjɪˈpi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “yippee” in English
Rare enough to double-check
yippee is uncommon English at frequency #59,134 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˌjɪˈpi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Used to express excitement or joy.".
yippee has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Of imitative origin. Perhaps an extension and modification of hip (interjection). Compare Dutch joepie (“yippee”). The correct English form is yippee, spelled Y-I-P-P-E-E.
Definition
- 1Used to express excitement or joy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yippee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You'll understand, though, if I don't jump up and down and yell "Yippee!"
While they are not saying “yippee, look what AI can do” (in fact, some say they are trying to highlight risks), by publishing in scientific journals, they are risking lending credibility to the very idea of using AI in problematic, physiognomic ways.
Etymology
Of imitative origin. Perhaps an extension and modification of hip (interjection). Compare Dutch joepie (“yippee”).
This word in other languages
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.
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