findsvsyourTell them apart

Quick tell: finds is a verb, your is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“finds” is a verb and “your” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
13493
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds your
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find dein, Ihr

Letter map: finds vs your

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and your apart highlighted. No shared letter run. finds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against your's 4 (VVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
finds
4 ch
your

Grammar separator: finds vs your

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13493, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. your is at rank #3,411, tagged as apron, pronounced […].

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 13493, this pair ranks #1,957,634 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs your

Shared letters: none. Private to "finds": dfins. Private to "your": oruy.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • finds ← ffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • your ← oyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "finds" for "your" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "finds" vs "your" - which ranks higher?
"your" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,411 in our German list, against #10,082 for "finds". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "finds" and "your". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" 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 #1,957,634 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finds vs puzzles". 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 #1,957,634 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list