romanavsyourselfWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: romana is a noun, yourself is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“romana” is a noun and “yourself” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,168
“romana” frequency rank
#21,854
“yourself” frequency rank
59022
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature romana yourself
Definition die Laufgewichtswaage, die römische Waage [du] dich selbst; [du] dir selbst, [du] selbst

Letter map: romana vs yourself

Shared letters muted; letters that set romana and yourself apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. romana runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against yourself's 8 (VVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
romana
8 ch
yourself

Role in the sentence - romana and yourself

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: romana is anoun and yourselfapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

romana is recorded at frequency rank #37,168, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. yourself is at rank #21,854, 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 59022, this pair ranks #840,315 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of romana vs yourself

Shared letters: or. Private to "romana": amn. Private to "yourself": eflsuy.

"romana" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "yourself" · 8 letters · shape VVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • romanaormana · rmoana · roamna · romaan · romanna · rommana · romnaa · rromana
  • yourselfoyurself · yoruself · youreslf · yourrself · yoursefl · yourselff · yoursellf · yourslef

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "romana" for "yourself" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "romana" is a noun and "yourself" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "romana" or "yourself"?
"yourself" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,854 in our German list, against #37,168 for "romana". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "romana" and "yourself". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "romana" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "yourself" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #840,315 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "romana" and "yourself" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs romana". 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 #840,315 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