Which to use
“viking” is a noun and “your” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,704
- “viking” frequency rank
- #3,411
- “your” frequency rank
- 43115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | viking | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | während der Wikingerzeit (ca 790-1100 n. Chr.) reisende, erforschende und erobernde/plündernde Seefahrer aus dem Norden Europas | dein, Ihr |
Letter map: viking vs your
Shared letters muted; letters that set viking and your apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Role in the sentence - viking and your
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: viking is anoun and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
viking is recorded at frequency rank #39,704, 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 43115, this pair ranks #1,428,179 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of viking vs your
Shared letters: none. Private to "viking": giknv. Private to "your": oruy.
"viking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "viking" for "your" ever safe?
Frequency check: "viking" vs "your" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "viking" and "your".
- Full dictionary entry for "viking" 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 #1,428,179 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "viking" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs viking". 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 #1,428,179 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.