youse

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"youse" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“youse” is an uncommon English word, ranked #68,776 in English word frequency and used as a determiner.

#68,776
frequency rank, English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of yous.

Key facts for youse
PropertyValue
Headwordyouse
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechDeterminer
Letters5
Frequency rank#68,776
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “youse” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). youse lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for youse is 5 letters long, classified as a determiner. Corpus data places it at rank #68,776 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alternative form of yous.".

youse has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is youse, spelled Y-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of yous.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "youse"?
"youse" is spelled Y-O-U-S-E.
What does "youse" mean?
As a determiner, "youse" means: Alternative form of yous.
What language does "youse" come from?
"youse" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “youse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is Y-O-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list