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How to spell your

Your is spelled Y-O-U-R.

What it means: Belonging to or associated with you.

In a sentence: Your cat is very fluffy. ▶

Not to be confused with: you're, a different word.

Same family: you, yours, yourself, yourselves, you’re. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Your” comes from Old English “ēower,” the possessive form of “gē,” meaning “you” (plural). Over time, it shortened in spelling and pronunciation to the modern “your” we use today.

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