# yon

> English word · Determiner · IPA /jɒn/ · frequency rank #34,757

## Definitions
1. Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.

## Etymology
From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with German jener.

## Easily confused with
- **yu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yu)
- **yr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yr)
- **yt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yt)
- **Ys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-ys)
- **YP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yp)
- **you** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-you)
- **yup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yup)
- **yrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yrs)
- **yoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yoo)
- **yum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yum)
- **Yun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yun)
- **yue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yue)
- **Yui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yui)
- **yow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yow)
- **yuk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yuk)
- **yuh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yuh)
- **your** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-your)
- **york** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-york)
- **yuan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yuan)
- **yong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-yong)

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