RaymondvsyorksTell them apart

Quick tell: Raymond is a name, yorks is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Raymond” is a name and “yorks” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,218
“Raymond” frequency rank
#37,319
“yorks” frequency rank
50537
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Raymond yorks
Definition englischer männlicher Vorname 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs york

Letter map: Raymond vs yorks

Shared letters muted; letters that set Raymond and yorks apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Raymond runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against yorks's 5 (VVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Raymond
5 ch
yorks

Role in the sentence - Raymond and yorks

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Raymond is aname and yorksaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Raymond is recorded at frequency rank #13,218, classified as aname, 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 50537, this pair ranks #1,169,925 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Raymond vs yorks

Shared letters: ory. Private to "Raymond": admn. Private to "yorks": ks.

"Raymond" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "yorks" · 5 letters · shape VVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Raymondarymond · ramyond · raymmond · raymnod · raymodn · raymondd · raymonnd · rayomnd
  • yorksoyrks · yokrs · yorkks · yorkss · yorrks · yorsk · yroks · yyorks

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Raymond" for "yorks" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Raymond" is a name and "yorks" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Raymond" vs "yorks" - which ranks higher?
"Raymond" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,218 in our German list, against #37,319 for "yorks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Raymond" and "yorks". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Raymond" 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 #1,169,925 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Raymond" 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 #1,169,925 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