# ya vs you

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ya
*pronoun · IPA /jʌ/ · frequency rank #2,189*
Nonstandard spelling of you.

### you
*pronoun · IPA /ju/ · frequency rank #11*
The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

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