you

/juː/

//juː// pron

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The verdict

“you” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,062) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,062
frequency rank, Spanish
177
“Y” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pronombre de segunda persona singular y plural; tú, vos, usted, vosotros, ustedes.

Corpus desk

Index ES-you · you · Spanish

you · rank #2,062 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,062
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 177
  • PHOTO-FINISH vuelo

Nearest frequency peer: vuelo (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “you”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “you” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

you vs yu
67% similar
you vs yun
33% similar
you vs your
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for you
PropertyValue
Headwordyou
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPronoun
IPA/juː/
Letters3
Frequency rank#2,062
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Dónde se sitúa “you” en la frecuencia del español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).youcae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “vuelo” (#2,061), “actuar” (#2,063), “viajar” (#2,060). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for you is neighbouring look-alikes ("yu", "yun", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /juː/. Frequency #2,062 among 177 “Y” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Zero misspellings are on record for you in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "yu", "yun", "your", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is you, spelled Y-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pronombre de segunda persona singular y plural; tú, vos, usted, vosotros, ustedes.
  2. 2
    Forma de acusativo del pronombre de segunda persona singular y plural; te, os, les, los.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how you appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. You know of course that a mathematical line, a line of thickness nil, has no real existence.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "you"?
"you" is spelled Y-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is /juː/.
What does "you" mean?
As a pronoun, "you" means: Pronombre de segunda persona singular y plural; tú, vos, usted, vosotros, ustedes.
What words are commonly confused with "you"?
"you" is commonly confused with "yu", "yun", "your". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "you"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "you" is /juː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "you" come from?
"you" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "you", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gay#2,082oye#2,088ahi#2,101den#2,020

What to do next

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  • "you" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "yu". View pair
  • Usage frequency rank #2,062 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more Spanish words in the "Y" letter cohort. Y–Z browse

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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