Which to use
“year” and “yes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,594
- “year” frequency rank
- #9,417
- “yes” frequency rank
- 27011
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | year | yes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Année, durée de 365 jours correspondant à une révolution de la Terre autour du Soleil. | Oui d’un anglophone ou d’un pays anglophone. |
Where the eye mixes year and yes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses year with yes
A purely visual mix-up. year (\jɪə\) and yes (\jɛs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
year is recorded at frequency rank #17,594, classified as anoun, pronounced \jɪə\. yes is at rank #9,417, tagged as anoun, pronounced \jɛs\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27011, this pair ranks #331,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of year vs yes
Shared letters: ey. Private to "year": ar. Private to "yes": s.
"year" · 4 letters · shape VVVC · "yes" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- year ← eyar · yaer · yearr · yera · yyear
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "year" for "yes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "year" vs "yes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "year" and "yes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "year" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #331,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "year" and "yes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yes vs yum". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #331,547 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.