Which to use
“yrs” is a pronoun and “Yuri” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,675
- “yrs” frequency rank
- #12,720
- “Yuri” frequency rank
- 27395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yrs | Yuri |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abbreviation of yours (when signing a letter). | A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to George. |
Letter map: yrs vs Yuri
Shared letters muted; letters that set yrs and Yuri apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for yrs / Yuri
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yrs is apronoun and Yurianame. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yrs is recorded at frequency rank #14,675, classified as apron. Yuri is at rank #12,720, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈjʊɹi/.
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 27395, this pair ranks #379,246 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of yrs vs Yuri
Shared letters: ry. Private to "yrs": s. Private to "Yuri": iu.
"yrs" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "Yuri" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Yuri ← uyri · yrui · yuir · yurri · yyuri
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "yrs" for "Yuri" ever safe?
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What to do next
You've compared "yrs" and "Yuri". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "yrs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Yuri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,246 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yrs" and "Yuri" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Yau vs yrs". 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 #379,246 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.