Which to use
“yes” is an adverb and “you” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,166
- “yes” frequency rank
- #978
- “you” frequency rank
- 13144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yes | you |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sim | caso nominativo da segunda pessoa do singular, tu, você |
Letter map: yes vs you
Shared letters muted; letters that set yes and you apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for yes / you
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yes is anadverb and youapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yes is recorded at frequency rank #12,166, classified as anadv, pronounced /jɛs/. you is at rank #978, tagged as apron.
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 13144, this pair ranks #59,303 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of yes vs you
Shared letters: y. Private to "yes": es. Private to "you": ou.
"yes" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "you" · 3 letters · shape VVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "yes" and "you" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "yes" or "you"?
After this comparison
You've compared "yes" and "you". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "yes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "you" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,303 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yes" and "you" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yat vs yes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #59,303 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.