# ya vs yes

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### ya
*noun · IPA \ja\ · frequency rank #2,305*
Couteau

### yes
*noun · IPA \jɛs\ · frequency rank #9,417*
Oui d’un anglophone ou d’un pays anglophone.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/ya-vs-yes