Which to use
“fingers” is a verb and “you're” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,771
- “fingers” frequency rank
- #15,006
- “you're” frequency rank
- 50777
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fingers | you're |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs finger | „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist |
Letter map: fingers vs you're
Shared letters muted; letters that set fingers and you're apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. fingers runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against you're's 5 (VVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: fingers vs you're
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fingers is averb and you'reanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fingers is recorded at frequency rank #35,771, classified as averb, pronounced […]. you're is at rank #15,006, tagged as anabbrev, 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 50777, this pair ranks #1,160,899 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fingers vs you're
Shared letters: er. Private to "fingers": fgins. Private to "you're": ouy.
"fingers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fingers ← ffingers · figners · finegrs · fingerrs · fingerss · fingesr · finggers · fingres
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fingers" for "you're" ever safe?
Which is more common, "fingers" or "you're"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fingers" and "you're".
- Full dictionary entry for "fingers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "you're" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,160,899 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fingers" and "you're" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fingers 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 #1,160,899 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.