Which to use
“yolks” is a noun and “you's” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,021
- “yolks” frequency rank
- #41,483
- “you's” frequency rank
- 77504
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yolks | you's |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of yolk | Contraction of you + is. |
Letter map: yolks vs you's
Shared letters muted; letters that set yolks and you's apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. yolks runs 5 letters (VVCCC) against you's's 4 (VVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: yolks vs you's
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yolks is anoun and you'sacontraction. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yolks is recorded at frequency rank #36,021, classified as anoun, pronounced /jəʊks/. you's is at rank #41,483, tagged as acontraction.
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 77504, this pair ranks #27,089 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of yolks vs you's
Shared letters: osy. Private to "yolks": kl. Private to "you's": u.
"yolks" · 5 letters · shape VVCCC · "you's" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- yolks ← oylks · yloks · yokls · yolkks · yolkss · yollks · yolsk · yyolks
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "yolks" and "you's" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "yolks" vs "you's" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "yolks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "you's" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,089 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yolks" and "you's" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "you's vs Youngs". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #27,089 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.