yrs vs Ys, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#14,675
“yrs” frequency rank: #33,493
“Ys” frequency rank: 48168
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	yrs	Ys
Definition	Abbreviation of yours (when signing a letter).	A mythical sunken city in Brittany, France.

Letter map: yrs vs Ys

Shared letters muted; letters that set yrs and Ys apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

yrs

2 ch

Grammar separator: yrs vs Ys

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yrs is apronoun and Ysaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

yrs is recorded at frequency rank #14,675, classified as apron. Ys is at rank #33,493, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈiːs/.

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 48168, this pair ranks #195,605 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of yrs vs Ys

Shared letters: sy. Private to "yrs": r. Private to "Ys": -.

"yrs" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "Ys" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "yrs" and "Ys" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "yrs" is a pronoun and "Ys" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "yrs" vs "Ys" - which ranks higher?

"yrs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,675 in our English list, against #33,493 for "Ys". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "yrs" and "Ys".

Full dictionary entry for "yrs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Ys" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #195,605 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"yrs" and "Ys" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Yau vs Ys". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #195,605 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.