# yours

> English word · Pronoun · IPA /jɔː(ɹ)z/ · frequency rank #1,849

## Definitions
1. That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
2. Your house or home.
3. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.

## Etymology
From Middle English youres, ȝoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.

## Easily confused with
- **yrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yours-vs-yrs)
- **Yuri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yours-vs-yuri)
- **yous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yours-vs-yous)
- **youth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yours-vs-youth)
- **youths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yours-vs-youths)
- **you** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/you-vs-yours)
- **your** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/your-vs-yours)
- **york** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/york-vs-yours)
- **yore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yore-vs-yours)
- **years** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/years-vs-yours)
- **young** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/young-vs-yours)
- **you'd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/you-d-vs-yours)
- **yolks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yolks-vs-yours)
- **you's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/you-s-vs-yours)
- **you're** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/you-re-vs-yours)
- **yogurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yogurt-vs-yours)
- **Youngs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/youngs-vs-yours)

## Common misspellings (7)
`oyurs`, `yorus`, `yourrs`, `yourss`, `yousr`, `yuors`, `yyours`

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