ye
[ˈʝe]
The verdict
“ye” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,849) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #17,849
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vigésimo octava letra del alfabeto español, escrita Y o y, junto con la doble ve la única en tener valor tanto de consonante como de vocal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ye · ye · Spanish
ye · rank #17,849 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,849
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH yankees
Nearest frequency peer: yankees (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ye”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wild
wild
82,155 corpus weight
- won
won
82,154 corpus weight
- yankees
yankees
82,153 corpus weight
- ye
ye
82,152 corpus weight
- ágil
ágil
82,151 corpus weight
- abe
abe
82,149 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ye” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ye |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʝe] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #17,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ye” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ye is neighbouring look-alikes ("yo", "yu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈʝe]. Frequency #17,849 among 177 “Y” headwords. Gloss: "Vigésimo octava letra del alfabeto español, escrita Y o y, junto con la doble ve la única en tener valor tanto de consonante como de vocal.".
ye has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "yo", "yu", "you", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ye, spelled Y-E.
Definition
- 1Vigésimo octava letra del alfabeto español, escrita Y o y, junto con la doble ve la única en tener valor tanto de consonante como de vocal.
Synonyms
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- "ye" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "yo". View pair
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.