# year vs your

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### year
*noun · IPA /jɪə/ · frequency rank #117*
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.

### your
*determiner · IPA /jɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #31*
Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

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