yousvsYuiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: yous is a pronoun, Yui is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“yous” is a pronoun and “Yui” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,419
“yous” frequency rank
#38,698
“Yui” frequency rank
70117
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature yous Yui
Definition You. A unisex given name from Japanese.

Letter map: yous vs Yui

Shared letters muted; letters that set yous and Yui apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. yous runs 4 letters (VVVC) against Yui's 3 (VVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
yous
3 ch
Yui

Grammar separator: yous vs Yui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yous is apronoun and Yuianame. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70117, 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/. Yui is at rank #38,698, tagged as aname.

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 70117, this pair ranks #51,847 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of yous vs Yui

Shared letters: uy. Private to "yous": os. Private to "Yui": i.

"yous" · 4 letters · shape VVVC  ·  "Yui" · 3 letters · shape VVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • yous ← oyus · yosu · youss · yuos · yyous

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "yous" and "Yui" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "yous" is a pronoun and "Yui" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "yous" or "Yui"?
"yous" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,419 in our English list, against #38,698 for "Yui". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "yous" and "Yui". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "yous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Yui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,847 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "yous" and "Yui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Yau vs Yui". 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 #51,847 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list