Which to use
“Youngs” is a name and “yous” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,155
- “Youngs” frequency rank
- #31,419
- “yous” frequency rank
- 80574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Youngs | yous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | You. |
Letter map: Youngs vs yous
Shared letters muted; letters that set Youngs and yous apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Youngs runs 6 letters (VVVCCC) against yous's 4 (VVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Youngs / yous
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Youngs is aname and yousapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Youngs is recorded at frequency rank #49,155, classified as aname. 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 80574, this pair ranks #19,517 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Youngs vs yous
Shared letters: osuy. Private to "Youngs": gn. Private to "yous": -.
"Youngs" · 6 letters · shape VVVCCC · "yous" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Youngs" and "yous" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "Youngs" or "yous" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Youngs" and "yous".
- Full dictionary entry for "Youngs" 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 #19,517 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Youngs" and "yous" 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 #19,517 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.