Which to use
“yong” is an adjective and “yore” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,835
- “yong” frequency rank
- #45,179
- “yore” frequency rank
- 62014
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yong | yore |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of young. | A time long past. |
Letter map: yong vs yore
Shared letters muted; letters that set yong and yore apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. yong (VVCC) and yore (VVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for yong / yore
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yong is anadjective and yoreanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yong is recorded at frequency rank #16,835, classified as anadj. yore is at rank #45,179, tagged as anoun, pronounced /jɔː/.
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 62014, this pair ranks #90,873 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of yong vs yore
Shared letters: oy. Private to "yong": gn. Private to "yore": er.
"yong" · 4 letters · shape VVCC · "yore" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "yong" and "yore" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "yong" vs "yore" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "yong" vs "yore" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "yong" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,873 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yong" and "yore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yore vs yoyo". 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 #90,873 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.