# yong vs you

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yong
*adjective · frequency rank #16,835*
Obsolete spelling of young.

### you
*pronoun · IPA /ju/ · frequency rank #11*
The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yong-vs-you