she'svsyourWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: she's is a abbrev, your is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“she's” is an abbrev and “your” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,483
“she's” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
51894
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature she's your
Definition she is: sie ist dein, Ihr

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set she's and your apart are highlighted. They share no common letter run, the confusion here is by sound, not by sight.

5 ch
she's
4 ch
your

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: she's is anabbrev and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

she's is recorded at frequency rank #48,483, classified as anabbrev, 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 51894, this pair ranks #1,117,936 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of she's vs your

Shared letters: none. Private to "she's": ehs. Private to "your": oruy.

"she's" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequency comparison

she's#48,483
your#3,411

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "she's" and "your" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "she's" is an abbrev and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "she's" or "your"?
"your" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,411 in our German list, against #48,483 for "she's". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering she's vs your

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an abbrev, it's “she's”; for a pronoun, it's “your”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “she's” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list