motocrossvsyourselfWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: motocross is a noun, yourself is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“motocross” is a noun and “yourself” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
#21,854
“yourself” frequency rank
71760
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature motocross yourself
Definition Motocross [du] dich selbst; [du] dir selbst, [du] selbst

Letter map: motocross vs yourself

Shared letters muted; letters that set motocross and yourself apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. motocross runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against yourself's 8 (VVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
motocross
8 ch
yourself

Role in the sentence - motocross and yourself

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: motocross is anoun and yourselfapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

motocross is recorded at frequency rank #49,906, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. yourself is at rank #21,854, 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 71760, this pair ranks #407,592 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of motocross vs yourself

Shared letters: ors. Private to "motocross": cmt. Private to "yourself": efluy.

"motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "yourself" · 8 letters · shape VVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • motocross ← mmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross
  • yourself ← oyurself · yoruself · youreslf · yourrself · yoursefl · yourselff · yoursellf · yourslef

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "motocross" and "yourself" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "motocross" is a noun and "yourself" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "motocross" or "yourself" show up more?
"yourself" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,854 in our German list, against #49,906 for "motocross". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "motocross" and "yourself".

  • Full dictionary entry for "motocross" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "yourself" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #407,592 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "motocross" and "yourself" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motocross 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 #407,592 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