# yours vs yrs

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yours
*pronoun · IPA /jɔː(ɹ)z/ · frequency rank #1,849*
That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

### yrs
*pronoun · frequency rank #14,675*
Abbreviation of yours (when signing a letter).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yours-vs-yrs