Which to use
“whisky” is a noun and “yourself” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,569
- “whisky” frequency rank
- #21,854
- “yourself” frequency rank
- 33423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | whisky | yourself |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Whisky | [du] dich selbst; [du] dir selbst, [du] selbst |
Letter map: whisky vs yourself
Shared letters muted; letters that set whisky and yourself apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - whisky and yourself
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: whisky is anoun and yourselfapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
whisky is recorded at frequency rank #11,569, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. yourself is at rank #21,854, 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 33423, this pair ranks #1,686,291 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of whisky vs yourself
Shared letters: sy. Private to "whisky": hikw. Private to "yourself": efloru.
"whisky" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "yourself" · 8 letters · shape VVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "whisky" and "yourself" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "whisky" or "yourself" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "whisky" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yourself" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,686,291 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "whisky" and "yourself" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs yourself". 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 #1,686,291 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.