Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you're

/jɔː(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.87 in modern English

Syllables: you're
IPA: /jɔː(ɹ)/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

contraction

Contraction of you + are.

det

Misspelling of your.

Example Sentences

"You’re smarter than I am!"
"“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy! —and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”"
"I’ve said it behind your back, and I’ll say it to you’re face; you’re a gentleman from the top of your head to the end of your big-toe nail!"
"You're ignorance is like a cry of help from the dark - I am multi-tongued and speak five variations of Spanish."

Inflected Forms

ur (alternative, Internet) u're (alternative, Internet) ure (alternative, Internet) ya (alternative, informal) yer (alternative, informal) you'r (alternative, obsolete) yo're (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

I'm he's she's it's they're

Homonyms

ewer (one pronunciation) your (unstressed form, also sometimes stressed form) yore (sometimes stressed form)

Rhymes With

sure tour ensure secure pure cure mature moore assure obscure endure unsure

Questions

How do you pronounce you're?: The recorded pronunciation is /jɔː(ɹ)/.
What does you're mean?: Contraction of you + are.

How to pronounce you're

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