# your

> English word · Determiner · IPA /jɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #31

## Definitions
1. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
2. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
3. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
4. That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)

## Etymology
From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”), German Low German jo, jos (“your”), German euer (“your”, plural), Danish jeres (“your”).

## Easily confused with
- **yu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yu)
- **yr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yr)
- **yup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yup)
- **yum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yum)
- **Yun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yun)
- **yue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yue)
- **Yui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yui)
- **yow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yow)
- **yuk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yuk)
- **yuh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yuh)
- **Yuri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yuri)
- **yous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yous)
- **yoyo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yoyo)
- **yours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yours)
- **youth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-youth)
- **yo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yo-vs-your)
- **you** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/you-vs-your)
- **yoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoo-vs-your)
- **yer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yer-vs-your)
- **yon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yon-vs-your)

## Common misspellings (5)
`oyur`, `yoru`, `yourr`, `yuor`, `yyour`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/your