stylesvsyourTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#33,322
“styles” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
36733
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature styles your
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs style dein, Ihr

Letter map: styles vs your

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

6 ch
styles
4 ch
your

Grammar separator: styles vs your

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: styles is averb and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

styles is recorded at frequency rank #33,322, classified as averb, 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 36733, this pair ranks #1,608,063 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of styles vs your

Shared letters: y. Private to "styles": elst. Private to "your": oru.

"styles" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stylessstyles · stlyes · sttyles · styels · styless · stylles · stylse · styyles
  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "styles" and "your" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "styles" is a verb and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "styles" vs "your" - which ranks higher?
"your" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,411 in our German list, against #33,322 for "styles". 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 "styles" and "your". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "styles" 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 #1,608,063 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "styles" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs styles". 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 #1,608,063 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