LeRoyvsyourConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#25,649
“LeRoy” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
29060
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature LeRoy your
Definition englischer männlicher Vorname dein, Ihr

Letter map: LeRoy vs your

Shared letters muted; letters that set LeRoy and your apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

5 ch
LeRoy
4 ch
your

Grammar separator: LeRoy vs your

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: LeRoy is aname and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

LeRoy is recorded at frequency rank #25,649, classified as aname, 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 29060, this pair ranks #1,773,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of LeRoy vs your

Shared letters: ory. Private to "LeRoy": el. Private to "your": u.

"LeRoy" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • LeRoyelroy · leory · leroyy · lerroy · leryo · lleroy · lreoy
  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "LeRoy" and "your" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "LeRoy" is a name and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "LeRoy" 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 #25,649 for "LeRoy". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "LeRoy" vs "your" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "LeRoy" 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 #1,773,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "LeRoy" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "LeRoy 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 #1,773,789 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