yo
[ˈʝo]
The verdict
“yo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #38) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #38
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Úsase para designar al hablante o enunciador como sujeto de la frase.
Corpus desk
Index ES-yo · yo · Spanish
yo · rank #38 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #38
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH cuando
Nearest frequency peer: cuando (-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 “yo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ya
ya
99,966 corpus weight
- ha
ha
99,965 corpus weight
- cuando
cuando
99,964 corpus weight
- yo
yo
99,963 corpus weight
- ser
ser
99,962 corpus weight
- son
son
99,961 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “yo” 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 | yo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ˈʝo] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #38 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yo” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for yo is neighbouring look-alikes ("yu", "you", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [ˈʝo]. Frequency #38 among 177 “Y” headwords. Gloss: "Úsase para designar al hablante o enunciador como sujeto de la frase.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for yo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "yu", "you", "yun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is yo, spelled Y-O.
Definition
- 1Úsase para designar al hablante o enunciador como sujeto de la frase.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how yo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
hasta yo, que soy entrenador, estoy cansado.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.