# yours vs Yuri

> 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.

### Yuri
*name · IPA /ˈjʊɹi/ · frequency rank #12,720*
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to George.

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