yield

\jiːld\

/\jiːld\/ noun

The verdict

“yield” is uncommon French (frequency #62,727 among 198 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,727
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yield · yield · French

yield · rank #62,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,727
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH zoro

Nearest frequency peer: zoro (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « yield »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « yield » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for yield
PropertyValue
Headwordyield
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\jiːld\
Letters5
Frequency rank#62,727
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « yield » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.yieldtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « zoro » (#62,728), « Yamina » (#62,725), « Yahvé » (#62,724). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « yield » est au #62,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yield is uncommon French at frequency #62,727 among 198 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \jiːld\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for yield in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is yield, spelled Y-I-E-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendement.
  2. 2
    Rente, revenu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how yield appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The yield curve for government bonds is an important indicator in financial markets

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yield"?
"yield" is spelled Y-I-E-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is \jiːld\.
What does "yield" mean?
As a noun, "yield" means: Rendement.
How do you pronounce "yield"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yield" is \jiːld\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yield" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "yield", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list