Uri vs us, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Uri” is a name and “us” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,438
“Uri” frequency rank: #2,429
“us” frequency rank: 40867
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Uri	us
Definition	Apellido.	Nosotros (acusativo, dativo).

Where the eye mixes Uri and us

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch

Uri

2 ch

Visual trap between Uri and us

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Uri is [ˈuɾi] while us is /ʌs/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Uri is recorded at frequency rank #38,438, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈuɾi]. us is at rank #2,429, tagged as apron, pronounced /ʌs/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 40867, this pair ranks #156,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Uri vs us

Shared letters: u. Private to "Uri": ir. Private to "us": s.

"Uri" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "us" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Uri" and "us" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Uri" is a name and "us" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "Uri" vs "us" - which ranks higher?

"us" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,429 in our Spanish list, against #38,438 for "Uri". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "Uri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "us" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #156,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Uri" and "us" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "urea vs Uri". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #156,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.