samplesvsyourConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#42,107
“samples” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
45518
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature samples your
Definition Plural des Substantivs sample dein, Ihr

Letter map: samples vs your

Shared letters muted; letters that set samples and your apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

7 ch
samples
4 ch
your

Role in the sentence - samples and your

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: samples is anoun and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45518, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

samples is recorded at frequency rank #42,107, classified as anoun, 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 45518, this pair ranks #1,350,298 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of samples vs your

Shared letters: none. Private to "samples": aelmps. Private to "your": oruy.

"samples" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • samplesasmples · samlpes · sammples · sampels · sampless · samplles · samplse · sampples
  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "samples" for "your" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "samples" is a noun and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "samples" or "your"?
"your" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,411 in our German list, against #42,107 for "samples". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "samples" 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 #1,350,298 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "samples" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs samples". 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 #1,350,298 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