networkvsyourConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#10,332
“network” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
13743
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature network your
Definition Netzwerk dein, Ihr

Letter map: network vs your

Shared letters muted; letters that set network and your apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
network
4 ch
your

Role in the sentence - network and your

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: network is anoun and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

network is recorded at frequency rank #10,332, classified as anoun, 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 13743, this pair ranks #1,956,010 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of network vs your

Shared letters: or. Private to "network": ekntw. Private to "your": uy.

"network" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • networkentwork · netowrk · nettwork · netwokr · networkk · networrk · netwrok · netwwork
  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "network" for "your" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "network" is a noun and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "network" or "your"?
"your" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,411 in our German list, against #10,332 for "network". 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 "network" and "your".

  • Full dictionary entry for "network" 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 #1,956,010 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "network" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "network 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 #1,956,010 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