Which to use
“monkey” is a noun and “their” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,246
- “monkey” frequency rank
- #11,131
- “their” frequency rank
- 40377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | monkey | their |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der Affe | ihr |
Letter map: monkey vs their
Shared letters muted; letters that set monkey and their apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. monkey runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against their's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - monkey and their
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: monkey is anoun and theirapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
monkey is recorded at frequency rank #29,246, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. their is at rank #11,131, 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 40377, this pair ranks #1,510,265 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of monkey vs their
Shared letters: e. Private to "monkey": kmnoy. Private to "their": hirt.
"monkey" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "their" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "monkey" and "their" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "monkey" vs "their" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "monkey" and "their".
- Full dictionary entry for "monkey" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "their" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,510,265 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "monkey" and "their" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monkey 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 #1,510,265 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.