Which to use
“recording” is a verb and “you're” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,871
- “recording” frequency rank
- #15,006
- “you're” frequency rank
- 59877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recording | you're |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs record | „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist |
Letter map: recording vs you're
Shared letters muted; letters that set recording and you're apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. recording runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against you're's 5 (VVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: recording vs you're
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: recording is averb and you'reanabbrev. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recording is recorded at frequency rank #44,871, classified as averb, pronounced […]. you're is at rank #15,006, tagged as anabbrev, 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 59877, this pair ranks #808,020 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recording vs you're
Shared letters: eor. Private to "recording": cdgin. Private to "you're": uy.
"recording" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recording ← ercording · rceording · reccording · recodring · recordding · recordign · recordingg · recordinng
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recording" and "you're" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "recording" or "you're" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "recording" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "you're" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #808,020 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recording" and "you're" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs recording". 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 #808,020 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.