# y vs yr

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### y
*character · IPA /ˈwaɪ/ · frequency rank #1,009*
The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script.

### yr
*determiner · frequency rank #9,838*
Abbreviation of your.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/y-vs-yr