Which to use
“policy” is a noun and “your” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,150
- “policy” frequency rank
- #3,411
- “your” frequency rank
- 17561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | policy | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Politik auf der inhaltlichen Ebene, in Abgrenzung zu polity und politics | dein, Ihr |
Letter map: policy vs your
Shared letters muted; letters that set policy and your apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for policy / your
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: policy is anoun and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
policy is recorded at frequency rank #14,150, 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 17561, this pair ranks #1,926,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of policy vs your
Shared letters: oy. Private to "policy": cilp. Private to "your": ru.
"policy" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "policy" for "your" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "policy" or "your" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "policy" and "your".
- Full dictionary entry for "policy" 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 #1,926,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "policy" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "policy 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 #1,926,275 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.