ythe
noun
ythe is spelled Y-T-H-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ythe means “Alternative form of ithe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ythe is ythes.
How many letters and syllables are in ythe?
| Letters | 4: Y-T-H-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 ythe?
Ythe appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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).
What rhymes with ythe?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ythe.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: they.
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 ythe
- ythes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ythe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of ithe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ythe come from?
From Middle English ythe, ithe, uthe, from Old English ȳþ, from Proto-Germanic *unþī (“wave”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).