# Yule

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /juːl/ · frequency rank #41,485

## Definitions
1. Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ).
2. A pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples, or a modern reconstruction of this holiday celebrated by neo-pagans.
3. A surname.

## Etymology
From Middle English yol, youle, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), either cognate with or from Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis); see also Old English ġēola and Old Norse ýlir.

## Easily confused with
- **yup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yule-vs-yup)
- **yum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yule-vs-yum)
- **Yun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yule-vs-yun)
- **Yuri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yule-vs-yuri)
- **Yuna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yule-vs-yuna)
- **yumi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yule-vs-yumi)
- **Yulia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yule-vs-yulia)
- **ye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ye-vs-yule)
- **yu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yu-vs-yule)
- **yee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yee-vs-yule)
- **yue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yue-vs-yule)
- **Yui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yui-vs-yule)
- **yuk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuk-vs-yule)
- **yuh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuh-vs-yule)
- **Yale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yale-vs-yule)
- **yell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yell-vs-yule)
- **yuan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuan-vs-yule)
- **yelp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yelp-vs-yule)
- **yoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yule)
- **yuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yuck-vs-yule)

## Common misspellings (5)
`uyle`, `ylue`, `yuel`, `yulle`, `yyule`

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