Actually, both are correct, but they mean different things.
As a stand-alone statement in response to “thank you” or “thanks,” you should say, “you are welcome,” without the letter “d” at the end.
When you say, “You are welcome,” or more often shortened in conversation as, “You’re welcome,” as an answer to “thank you,” you are expressing something similar to “no problem,” “my pleasure,” or “don’t mention it!”
Grammatically, “welcome” is used as an adjective here, not a verb.
Non-native speakers often mistake “welcome” as a verb in this statement, answering “thank you.” They may think that the verb is used in passive construction here.
Indeed, “welcome” is often used as a verb, which means to greet or receive someone with pleasure. It is also a transitive verb, which must be followed by an object.
An example sentence: “We welcome you to visit our new home.”
“Welcomed” is both the simple past form and the past participle form of the verb “to welcome.”
“You are welcomed (by us)” is therefore the passive construction of the phrase “We welcome you.”
With our example sentence, the active construction is: “We welcome you to visit our new home.” And the passive construction is: “You are welcomed to visit our new home.”
The phrase “you are welcomed” in this context is usually part of a longer sentence and seldom stands by itself.
So remember, when you use “you’re welcome” as a stand-alone stock phrase to respond to someone’s thanks for something you have done for them or given them, there is no letter “d” after “welcome.” And the word “welcome” is used as an adjective in the statement.
The sentence structure of “you are welcome” is similar to “you are beautiful,” in which both “welcome” and “beautiful” are adjectives.
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