smoothvsyourWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,255
“smooth” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
52666
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature smooth your
Definition glatt dein, Ihr

Letter map: smooth vs your

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

6 ch
smooth
4 ch
your

Role in the sentence - smooth and your

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: smooth is anadjective and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

smooth is recorded at frequency rank #49,255, classified as anadj, 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 52666, this pair ranks #1,087,955 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of smooth vs your

Shared letters: o. Private to "smooth": hmst. Private to "your": ruy.

"smooth" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • smoothmsooth · smmooth · smooht · smoothh · smootth · smoth · smotoh · somoth
  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "smooth" and "your" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "smooth" is an adjective and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "smooth" 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 #49,255 for "smooth". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "smooth" 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 #1,087,955 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "smooth" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs smooth". 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 #1,087,955 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