Which to use
“yous” is a pronoun and “yue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,419
- “yous” frequency rank
- #38,253
- “yue” frequency rank
- 69672
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yous | yue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | You. | An ancient Chinese unit of volume, notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds. |
Letter map: yous vs yue
Shared letters muted; letters that set yous and yue apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. yous runs 4 letters (VVVC) against yue's 3 (VVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: yous vs yue
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yous is apronoun and yueanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yous is recorded at frequency rank #31,419, classified as apron, pronounced /juːz/. yue is at rank #38,253, tagged as anoun.
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 69672, this pair ranks #53,586 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of yous vs yue
Shared letters: uy. Private to "yous": os. Private to "yue": e.
"yous" · 4 letters · shape VVVC · "yue" · 3 letters · shape VVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- yous ← oyus · yosu · youss · yuos · yyous
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "yous" for "yue" ever safe?
Which is more common, "yous" or "yue"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "yous" and "yue".
- Full dictionary entry for "yous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,586 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yous" and "yue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Yau vs yue". 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 #53,586 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.