Which to use
“Youngs” is a name and “yours” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,155
- “Youngs” frequency rank
- #1,849
- “yours” frequency rank
- 51004
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Youngs | yours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun. |
Letter map: Youngs vs yours
Shared letters muted; letters that set Youngs and yours apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Youngs runs 6 letters (VVVCCC) against yours's 5 (VVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: Youngs vs yours
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Youngs is aname and yoursapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Youngs is recorded at frequency rank #49,155, classified as aname. yours is at rank #1,849, tagged as apron, pronounced /jɔː(ɹ)z/.
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 51004, this pair ranks #169,222 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Youngs vs yours
Shared letters: osuy. Private to "Youngs": gn. Private to "yours": r.
"Youngs" · 6 letters · shape VVVCCC · "yours" · 5 letters · shape VVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Youngs" and "yours" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "Youngs" or "yours" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Youngs" and "yours".
- Full dictionary entry for "Youngs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,222 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Youngs" and "yours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Yonge 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 #169,222 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.