Which to use
“wings” is a verb and “you're” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,742
- “wings” frequency rank
- #15,006
- “you're” frequency rank
- 28748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wings | you're |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wing | „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist |
Letter map: wings vs you're
Shared letters muted; letters that set wings and you're apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Part-of-speech tell for wings / you're
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wings is averb and you'reanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wings is recorded at frequency rank #13,742, classified as averb, pronounced […]. you're is at rank #15,006, tagged as anabbrev, 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 28748, this pair ranks #1,779,335 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wings vs you're
Shared letters: none. Private to "wings": ginsw. Private to "you're": eoruy.
"wings" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- wings ← iwngs · wigns · winggs · wingss · winngs · winsg · wnigs · wwings
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wings" and "you're" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "wings" or "you're"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "wings" and "you're".
- Full dictionary entry for "wings" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "you're" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,779,335 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wings" and "you're" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs you're". 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 #1,779,335 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.