Which to use
“you” and “your” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #978
- “you” frequency rank
- #2,918
- “your” frequency rank
- 3896
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | you | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caso nominativo da segunda pessoa do singular, tu, você | seu(s), sua(s), teu(s), tua(s), vosso(s), vossa(s) |
Letter map: you vs your
Shared letters muted; letters that set you and your apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: you and your
you and your are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “you” sits inside “your”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3896, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
you is recorded at frequency rank #978, classified as apron. your is at rank #2,918, tagged as apron, pronounced /joʊɹ/, /jɔːɹ/.
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 3896, this pair ranks #71,179 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of you vs your
Shared letters: ouy. Private to "you": -. Private to "your": r.
"you" · 3 letters · shape VVV · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- your ← oyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "you" for "your" ever safe?
Which is more common, "you" or "your"?
Useful next steps
Pair "you" vs "your" 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 "your" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,179 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "you" and "your" 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 #71,179 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.