Youngs vs yours, What's the Difference?

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.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Youngs and yours apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

Youngs

5 ch

yours

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Youngs ← oyungs · yonugs · yougns · younggs · youngss · younngs · younsg · yuongs
yours ← oyurs · yorus · yourrs · yourss · yousr · yuors · yyours

Frequency comparison

Youngs#49,155

yours#1,849

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Youngs" and "yours" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Youngs" is a name and "yours" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Youngs" or "yours"?

"yours" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,849 in our English list, against #49,155 for "Youngs". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering Youngs vs yours

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a name, it's “Youngs”; for a pronoun, it's “yours”.
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