# eau, ewe, j00, u, yew, yoo, you, yu

> English homophone group · 8 words that sound the same · /juː/

These English words share one pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning.

## The words

### eau
*/juː/*
Alternative form of ea.

### ewe
*/juː/*
A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

### j00
*/juː/*
you

### u
*/ˈjuː/*
The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

### yew
*/juː/*
A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.

### yoo
*/juː/*
Eye dialect spelling of you.

### you
*/ju/*
The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

### yu
*/juː/*
An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA); groups derived from IPA pronunciation. Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/homophones/eau