# ye vs yu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ye
*pronoun · IPA /jiː/ · frequency rank #4,729*
You (the people being addressed).

### yu
*noun · IPA /juː/ · frequency rank #8,109*
An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.

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