Which to use
“your” and “yu” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,477
- “your” frequency rank
- #13,170
- “yu” frequency rank
- 19647
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | your | yu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tu, tus; vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras, su, sus. | Nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras. Posesivo que indica que el poseedor es la primera persona dual. |
Where the eye mixes your and yu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: your vs yu
A purely visual mix-up. your (/jɔː/) and yu ([ju]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
your is recorded at frequency rank #6,477, classified as apron, pronounced /jɔː/. yu is at rank #13,170, tagged as apron, pronounced [ju].
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 19647, this pair ranks #262,840 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of your vs yu
Shared letters: uy. Private to "your": or. Private to "yu": -.
"your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC · "yu" · 2 letters · shape VV
Known mistypes of this pair
- your ← oyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "your" and "yu" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "your" or "yu"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "your" and "yu" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "your" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,840 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "your" and "yu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yu vs yuma". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #262,840 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.