Which to use
“yong” is an adjective and “york” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,835
- “yong” frequency rank
- #429
- “york” frequency rank
- 17264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yong | york |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of young. | to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way. |
Letter map: yong vs york
Shared letters muted; letters that set yong and york apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. yong and york follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - yong and york
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yong is anadjective and yorkaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yong is recorded at frequency rank #16,835, classified as anadj. york is at rank #429, tagged as averb, pronounced /jɔː(ɹ)k/.
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 17264, this pair ranks #452,583 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of yong vs york
Shared letters: oy. Private to "yong": gn. Private to "york": kr.
"yong" · 4 letters · shape VVCC · "york" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "yong" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "york" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #452,583 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yong" and "york" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yong 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 #452,583 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.