yours truly
"yours-truly" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yours truly” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used to close a note or letter.
Corpus desk
Index EN-yours-truly · yours truly · English
yours truly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Y" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yours truly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “yours truly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
yours truly is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Used to close a note or letter.".
yours truly has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Recorded in the late 1700s as a closing in a letter. Since the mid-1800s for "I", "me", or "myself". The correct English form is yours truly, spelled Y-O-U-R-S- -T-R-U-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Used to close a note or letter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how yours truly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Please write back soon! Yours truly, Alice.
Etymology
Recorded in the late 1700s as a closing in a letter. Since the mid-1800s for "I", "me", or "myself".
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.