Which to use
“missing” is a verb and “your” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,357
- “missing” frequency rank
- #3,411
- “your” frequency rank
- 46768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | missing | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs miss | dein, Ihr |
Letter map: missing vs your
Shared letters muted; letters that set missing and your apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Grammar separator: missing vs your
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: missing is averb and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
missing is recorded at frequency rank #43,357, classified as averb, 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 46768, this pair ranks #1,307,698 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of missing vs your
Shared letters: none. Private to "missing": gimns. Private to "your": oruy.
"missing" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "missing" and "your" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "missing" or "your"?
Useful next steps
Pair "missing" vs "your" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "missing" 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 #1,307,698 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "missing" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "missing 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 #1,307,698 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.