# you vs young

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### young
*adjective · IPA /jʌŋ/ · frequency rank #364*
In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/you-vs-young