Which to use
“strong” is an adjective and “your” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,073
- “strong” frequency rank
- #3,411
- “your” frequency rank
- 23484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | strong | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | stark | dein, Ihr |
Letter map: strong vs your
Shared letters muted; letters that set strong and your apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for strong / your
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: strong is anadjective and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
strong is recorded at frequency rank #20,073, 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 23484, this pair ranks #1,860,713 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of strong vs your
Shared letters: or. Private to "strong": gnst. Private to "your": uy.
"strong" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "strong" for "your" ever safe?
Frequency check: "strong" vs "your" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "strong" vs "your" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "strong" 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 #1,860,713 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "strong" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs strong". 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 #1,860,713 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.