reboundsvstheirTell them apart

Quick tell: rebounds is a verb, their is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rebounds” is a verb and “their” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,755
“rebounds” frequency rank
#11,131
“their” frequency rank
53886
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rebounds their
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rebound ihr

Letter map: rebounds vs their

Shared letters muted; letters that set rebounds and their apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. rebounds runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCC) against their's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
rebounds
5 ch
their

Role in the sentence - rebounds and their

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rebounds is averb and theirapronoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rebounds is recorded at frequency rank #42,755, classified as averb, pronounced […]. their is at rank #11,131, 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 53886, this pair ranks #1,040,512 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rebounds vs their

Shared letters: er. Private to "rebounds": bdnosu. Private to "their": hit.

"rebounds" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCC  ·  "their" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reboundserbounds · rbeounds · rebbounds · rebonuds · reboudns · reboundds · reboundss · rebounnds
  • theirhteir · tehir · theirr · theri · thheir · thier · ttheir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rebounds" for "their" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rebounds" is a verb and "their" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rebounds" or "their"?
"their" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,131 in our German list, against #42,755 for "rebounds". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "rebounds" and "their". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rebounds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "their" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,040,512 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rebounds" and "their" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rebounds". 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 #1,040,512 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