young

\ˈjʌŋ\

/\ˈjʌŋ\/ adj

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The verdict

“young” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,914
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune.

Corpus desk

Index FR-young · young · French

young · rank #6,914 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,914
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH xi

Nearest frequency peer: xi (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « young »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « young » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

young vs your
60% similar
young vs youpi
60% similar
young vs youth
60% similar

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

Key facts for young
PropertyValue
Headwordyoung
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈjʌŋ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,914
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « young »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).youngse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « xi » (#6,913), « Wilson » (#6,912), « épouser » (#6,916). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « young » est au #6,914. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around young (IPA \ˈjʌŋ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,914 among 198 “Y” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for young, with forms such as "oyung", "yonug", and "yougn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "your", "youpi", "youth", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 French form is young, spelled Y-O-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeune.
  2. 2
    Âge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. This young man is not a child anymore.
  2. He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely agreeable, and to crown the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party.

Antonyms

old

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oyung
  • yonug
  • yougn
  • youngg
  • younng
  • yuong
  • yyoung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of young - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oyung2yonug2yougn2youngg1younng1yuong2yyoung1
Edit distance from "young"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "young"?
"young" is spelled Y-O-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈjʌŋ\.
What does "young" mean?
As an adjective, "young" means: Jeune.
What words are commonly confused with "young"?
"young" is commonly confused with "your", "youpi", "youth". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "young"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "young" is \ˈjʌŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "young" come from?
"young" is a French 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alpha#6,922amont#6,923turcs#6,905Coran#6,943

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

bonnet7 variantscreux7 variantscœurs7 variantsloups7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list