Which to use
“long” is a noun and “your” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,559
- “long” frequency rank
- #3,411
- “your” frequency rank
- 9970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | long | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Schiff | dein, Ihr |
Letter map: long vs your
Shared letters muted; letters that set long and your apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. long (CVCC) and your (VVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for long / your
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: long is anoun and yourapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
long is recorded at frequency rank #6,559, classified as anoun, 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 9970, this pair ranks #1,977,404 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of long vs your
Shared letters: o. Private to "long": gln. Private to "your": ruy.
"long" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "long" and "your" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "long" vs "your" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "long" and "your".
- Full dictionary entry for "long" 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 #1,977,404 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "long" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "long 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 #1,977,404 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.