Which to use
“your” is a determiner and “yuk” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31
- “your” frequency rank
- #41,484
- “yuk” frequency rank
- 41515
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | your | yuk |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner). | An exuberant laugh. |
Where the eye mixes your and yuk
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. your runs 4 letters (VVVC) against yuk's 3 (VVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between your and yuk
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: your is /jɔː(ɹ)/ while yuk is /jʌk/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (determiner vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41515, 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)/. yuk is at rank #41,484, tagged as anintj, pronounced /jʌk/.
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 41515, this pair ranks #257,657 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of your vs yuk
Shared letters: uy. Private to "your": or. Private to "yuk": k.
"your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC · "yuk" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- your ← oyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "your" for "yuk" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "your" or "yuk" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "your" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yuk" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,657 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "your" and "yuk" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Yau vs yuk". 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 #257,657 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.