rollsvsyourConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#22,120
“rolls” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
25531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rolls your
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs roll dein, Ihr

Letter map: rolls vs your

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

5 ch
rolls
4 ch
your

Role in the sentence - rolls and your

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rolls is averb and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rolls is recorded at frequency rank #22,120, classified as averb, 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 25531, this pair ranks #1,831,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rolls vs your

Shared letters: or. Private to "rolls": ls. Private to "your": uy.

"rolls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rollsorlls · rlols · rollss · rols · rolsl · rrolls
  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rolls" and "your" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rolls" is a verb and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "rolls" 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 #22,120 for "rolls". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rolls" 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 #1,831,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rolls" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rolls". 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 #1,831,854 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