Which to use
“might” is a verb and “you're” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,168
- “might” frequency rank
- #15,006
- “you're” frequency rank
- 47174
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | might | you're |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs may | „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist |
Letter map: might vs you're
Shared letters muted; letters that set might and you're apart highlighted. No shared letter run. might (CVCCC) and you're (VVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: might vs you're
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: might is averb and you'reanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
might is recorded at frequency rank #32,168, 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 47174, this pair ranks #1,293,640 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of might vs you're
Shared letters: none. Private to "might": ghimt. Private to "you're": eoruy.
"might" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- might ← imght · mgiht · migght · mighht · mightt · migth · mihgt · mmight
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "might" for "you're" ever safe?
Frequency check: "might" vs "you're" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "might" and "you're". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "might" 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 #1,293,640 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "might" and "you're" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "might 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 #1,293,640 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.