yourvsyrWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“your” and “yr” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31
“your” frequency rank
#9,838
“yr” frequency rank
9869
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature your yr
Definition Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner). Abbreviation of your.

Letter map: your vs yr

Shared letters muted; letters that set your and yr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
your
2 ch
yr

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

your and yr are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

your is recorded at frequency rank #31, classified as adet, pronounced /jɔː(ɹ)/. yr is at rank #9,838, tagged as adet.

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 9869, this pair ranks #495,181 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of your vs yr

Shared letters: ry. Private to "your": ou. Private to "yr": -.

"your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC  ·  "yr" · 2 letters · shape VC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "your" and "yr" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "your" or "yr"?
"your" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31 in our English list, against #9,838 for "yr". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list