Which to use
“repair” is a noun and “their” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,442
- “repair” frequency rank
- #11,131
- “their” frequency rank
- 54573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repair | their |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Reparatur, Ausbesserung | ihr |
Letter map: repair vs their
Shared letters muted; letters that set repair and their apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. repair runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against their's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - repair and their
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: repair is anoun and theirapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repair is recorded at frequency rank #43,442, classified as anoun, 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 54573, this pair ranks #1,013,576 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repair vs their
Shared letters: eir. Private to "repair": ap. Private to "their": ht.
"repair" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "their" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repair" for "their" ever safe?
Frequency check: "repair" vs "their" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "repair" and "their".
- Full dictionary entry for "repair" 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 #1,013,576 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repair" and "their" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs repair". 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 #1,013,576 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.