yours

\jɔɹz\

/\jɔɹz\/ pron

The verdict

“yours” is uncommon French (frequency #54,344 among 198 “Y” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,344
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le tien, la tienne, les tiens, les tiennes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yours · yours · French

yours · rank #54,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,344
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH yup

Nearest frequency peer: yup (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « yours »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « yours » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for yours
PropertyValue
Headwordyours
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
IPA\jɔɹz\
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,344
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « yours » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).yourstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « yup » (#54,345), « yougoslaves » (#54,342), « éblouis » (#54,346). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « yours » est au #54,344. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yours is uncommon French at frequency #54,344 among 198 “Y” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed \jɔɹz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for yours in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is yours, spelled Y-O-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Le tien, la tienne, les tiens, les tiennes.
  2. 2
    Le vôtre, la vôtre, les vôtres.
  3. 3
    Cordialement, amicalement.

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 "yours"?
"yours" is spelled Y-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \jɔɹz\.
What does "yours" mean?
As a pronoun, "yours" means: Le tien, la tienne, les tiens, les tiennes.
How do you pronounce "yours"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yours" is \jɔɹz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yours" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list