Which to use
“yong” is an adjective and “yous” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,835
- “yong” frequency rank
- #31,419
- “yous” frequency rank
- 48254
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yong | yous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of young. | You. |
Letter map: yong vs yous
Shared letters muted; letters that set yong and yous apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. yong (VVCC) and yous (VVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for yong / yous
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yong is anadjective and yousapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yong is recorded at frequency rank #16,835, classified as anadj. yous is at rank #31,419, tagged as apron, pronounced /juːz/.
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 48254, this pair ranks #194,817 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of yong vs yous
Shared letters: oy. Private to "yong": gn. Private to "yous": su.
"yong" · 4 letters · shape VVCC · "yous" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "yong" and "yous" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "yong" or "yous" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "yong" and "yous". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "yong" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,817 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yong" and "yous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Yau vs yous". 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 #194,817 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.