rangesvsyourWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#30,731
“ranges” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
34142
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ranges your
Definition Plural des Substantivs range dein, Ihr

Letter map: ranges vs your

Shared letters muted; letters that set ranges and your apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
ranges
4 ch
your

Role in the sentence - ranges and your

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ranges is anoun and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ranges is recorded at frequency rank #30,731, 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 34142, this pair ranks #1,670,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ranges vs your

Shared letters: r. Private to "ranges": aegns. Private to "your": ouy.

"ranges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rangesarnges · ragnes · ranegs · rangess · rangges · rangse · rannges · rnages
  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ranges" and "your" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ranges" is a noun and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "ranges" or "your" show up more?
"your" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,411 in our German list, against #30,731 for "ranges". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "ranges" vs "your" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ranges" 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 #1,670,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ranges" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs ranges". 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 #1,670,113 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