yy
\ʔɨː\
The verdict
“yy” is uncommon French (frequency #89,320 among 198 “Y” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,320
- frequency rank, French
- 198
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attraper au filet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-yy · yy · French
yy · rank #89,320 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,320
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 198
- PHOTO-FINISH yeh
Nearest frequency peer: yeh (-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 « yy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- worthy
worthy
10,686 corpus weight
- yeh
yeh
10,682 corpus weight
- yy
yy
10,681 corpus weight
- ZDF
ZDF
10,680 corpus weight
- zygomatiques
zygomatiques
10,678 corpus weight
- écartons
écartons
10,676 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « yy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʔɨː\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #89,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « yy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
yy is uncommon French at frequency #89,320 among 198 “Y” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʔɨː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Attraper au filet.".
yy has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is yy, spelled Y-Y.
Definition
- 1Attraper au filet.
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.