yea
The verdict
“yea” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,610 among 1,840 “Y” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,610
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,840
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sí
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yea |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #80,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yea” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yea is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,610 among 1,840 “Y” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for yea, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is yea, spelled Y-E-A.
Definition
- 1Sí
- 2En efecto, sin duda.
- 3Aunque.
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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Using “yea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Y-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.