yevsyuhWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“ye” and “yuh” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,729
“ye” frequency rank
#49,157
“yuh” frequency rank
53886
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ye yuh
Definition You (the people being addressed). you

Where the eye mixes ye and yuh

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

2 ch
ye
3 ch
yuh

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. ye (/jiː/) and yuh (/ˈjʌ/) 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 53886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ye is recorded at frequency rank #4,729, classified as apron, pronounced /jiː/. yuh is at rank #49,157, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈjʌ/.

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 53886, this pair ranks #145,390 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ye vs yuh

Shared letters: y. Private to "ye": e. Private to "yuh": hu.

"ye" · 2 letters · shape VV  ·  "yuh" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ye" and "yuh" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/jiː/ versus /ˈjʌ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ye" or "yuh"?
"ye" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,729 in our English list, against #49,157 for "yuh". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list