Which to use
“yes” is a particle and “yr” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #301
- “yes” frequency rank
- #9,838
- “yr” frequency rank
- 10139
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yes | yr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Used to show agreement or acceptance. | Abbreviation of your. |
Letter map: yes vs yr
Shared letters muted; letters that set yes and yr apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for yes / yr
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yes is aparticle and yradeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10139, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yes is recorded at frequency rank #301, classified as aparticle, pronounced /jɛs/. yr is at rank #9,838, tagged as adet.
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 10139, this pair ranks #493,793 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of yes vs yr
Shared letters: y. Private to "yes": es. Private to "yr": r.
"yes" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "yr" · 2 letters · shape VC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "yes" for "yr" ever safe?
Which is more common, "yes" or "yr"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "yes" and "yr". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "yes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #493,793 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yes" and "yr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Yau vs yr". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #493,793 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.