magmavsyou'reConfusable pair

Quick tell: magma is a noun, you're is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“magma” is a noun and “you're” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,079
“magma” frequency rank
#15,006
“you're” frequency rank
55085
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magma you're
Definition das Magma „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist

Letter map: magma vs you're

Shared letters muted; letters that set magma and you're apart highlighted. No shared letter run. magma (CVCCV) and you're (VVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
magma
6 ch
you're

Role in the sentence - magma and you're

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magma is anoun and you'reanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

magma is recorded at frequency rank #40,079, classified as anoun, 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 55085, this pair ranks #993,312 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of magma vs you're

Shared letters: none. Private to "magma": agm. Private to "you're": eoruy.

"magma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magmaamgma · magam · maggma · magmma · mamga · mgama · mmagma

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "magma" and "you're" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "magma" is a noun and "you're" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "magma" vs "you're" - which ranks higher?
"you're" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,006 in our German list, against #40,079 for "magma". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "magma" vs "you're" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "magma" 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 #993,312 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magma" and "you're" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magma 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 #993,312 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