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.
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
- your ← oyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour