yeah
\jɛ\
The verdict
“yeah” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,696
- frequency rank, French
- 198
- “Y” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Ouais. Exprime la joie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yeah · yeah · French
yeah · rank #12,696 · 5 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,696
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 198
- PHOTO-FINISH Yannick
Nearest frequency peer: Yannick (-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 “yeah”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vulnérables
vulnérables
87,308 corpus weight
- wallon
wallon
87,307 corpus weight
- Yannick
Yannick
87,306 corpus weight
- yeah
yeah
87,305 corpus weight
- zemmour
zemmour
87,304 corpus weight
- zoom
zoom
87,303 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “yeah” sits against the nearest ranked French 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 | yeah |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \jɛ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yeah” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around yeah (IPA \jɛ\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #12,696 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ouais. Exprime la joie.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for yeah, with forms such as "eyah", "yaeh", and "yeahh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "yes", "yen", "yep", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is yeah, spelled Y-E-A-H.
Definition
- 1Ouais. Exprime la joie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how yeah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce soir, c’est la fête ! Oh yeah !
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eyah
- yaeh
- yeahh
- yeha
- yyeah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yeah - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 French 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yeah", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.