Which to use
“you” is a pronoun and “young” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #978
- “you” frequency rank
- #5,804
- “young” frequency rank
- 6782
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | you | young |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caso nominativo da segunda pessoa do singular, tu, você | jovem, novo |
Letter map: you vs young
Shared letters muted; letters that set you and young apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - you and young
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: you is apronoun and younganadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “you” sits inside “young”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
you is recorded at frequency rank #978, classified as apron. young is at rank #5,804, tagged as anadj, pronounced /jʌŋ/.
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 6782, this pair ranks #67,548 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of you vs young
Shared letters: ouy. Private to "you": -. Private to "young": gn.
"you" · 3 letters · shape VVV · "young" · 5 letters · shape VVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- young ← oyung · yonug · yougn · youngg · younng · yuong · yyoung
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "you" vs "young" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "you" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "young" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,548 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "you" and "young" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yat vs you". 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 #67,548 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.