Which to use
“museums” is a noun and “yorks” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,506
- “museums” frequency rank
- #37,319
- “yorks” frequency rank
- 44825
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | museums | yorks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs museum | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs york |
Letter map: museums vs yorks
Shared letters muted; letters that set museums and yorks apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. museums runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against yorks's 5 (VVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - museums and yorks
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: museums is anoun and yorksaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44825, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
museums is recorded at frequency rank #7,506, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. yorks is at rank #37,319, tagged as averb, 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 44825, this pair ranks #1,373,518 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of museums vs yorks
Shared letters: s. Private to "museums": emu. Private to "yorks": kory.
"museums" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "yorks" · 5 letters · shape VVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "museums" and "yorks" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "museums" vs "yorks" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "museums" vs "yorks" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "museums" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yorks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,373,518 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "museums" and "yorks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs yorks". 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 #1,373,518 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.