Which to use
“yous” is a pronoun and “yuk” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,419
- “yous” frequency rank
- #41,484
- “yuk” frequency rank
- 72903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yous | yuk |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | You. | An exuberant laugh. |
Where the eye mixes yous and yuk
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. yous 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.
Look-alike desk: yous vs yuk
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: yous is /juːz/ 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 (pronoun vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72903, 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/. 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 72903, this pair ranks #41,434 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of yous vs yuk
Shared letters: uy. Private to "yous": os. Private to "yuk": k.
"yous" · 4 letters · shape VVVC · "yuk" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- yous ← oyus · yosu · youss · yuos · yyous
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "yous" and "yuk" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "yous" vs "yuk" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "yous" 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 #41,434 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yous" 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 #41,434 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.