yod
/jɑd/noun
yod is spelled Y-O-D: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yod means “Alternative form of yodh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yod is yods.
How many letters and syllables are in yod?
| Letters | 3: Y-O-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 yod?
Yod appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd 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 yod?
- UK /jɒd/
- US /jɑd/
- Canada /jɒd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with yod?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as yod from its last stressed vowel (/ɑd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: doy.
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 yod
- yods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yod mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of yodh.
- 2
A palatal approximant, /j/.
- 3
A significant astrological alignment, see Yod in Wikipedia.
- 4
Pronunciation spelling of yard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yod in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense palatal approximant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | yod |
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.