Which to use
“yong” is an adjective and “your” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,835
- “yong” frequency rank
- #31
- “your” frequency rank
- 16866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yong | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of young. | Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner). |
Letter map: yong vs your
Shared letters muted; letters that set yong and your apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. yong (VVCC) and your (VVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: yong vs your
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yong is anadjective and youradeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yong is recorded at frequency rank #16,835, classified as anadj. your is at rank #31, tagged as adet, pronounced /jɔː(ɹ)/.
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 16866, this pair ranks #455,096 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of yong vs your
Shared letters: oy. Private to "yong": gn. Private to "your": ru.
"yong" · 4 letters · shape VVCC · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "yong" and "your" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "yong" vs "your" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "yong" and "your". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "yong" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "your" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #455,096 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yong" and "your" 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 #455,096 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.