Which to use
“your” is a determiner and “yu” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,091
- “your” frequency rank
- #15,782
- “yu” frequency rank
- 20873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | your | yu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ton, ta, tes, votre, vos. | Ancienne mesure de capacité valant 112 litres. |
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
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: your is \jʊɚ\ while yu is \ju\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (determiner vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
your is recorded at frequency rank #5,091, classified as adet, pronounced \jʊɚ\. yu is at rank #15,782, tagged as anoun, 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 20873, this pair ranks #366,039 of 440,172 scored French 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 #366,039 of 440,172 scored French 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 yum". 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 #366,039 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.