winningvsyourselfConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#46,403
“winning” frequency rank
#21,854
“yourself” frequency rank
68257
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature winning yourself
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs win [du] dich selbst; [du] dir selbst, [du] selbst

Letter map: winning vs yourself

Shared letters muted; letters that set winning and yourself apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

7 ch
winning
8 ch
yourself

Grammar separator: winning vs yourself

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: winning is averb and yourselfapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

winning is recorded at frequency rank #46,403, classified as averb, 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 68257, this pair ranks #513,640 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of winning vs yourself

Shared letters: none. Private to "winning": ginw. Private to "yourself": eflorsuy.

"winning" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "yourself" · 8 letters · shape VVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • winningiwnning · wining · wininng · winnign · winningg · winninng · winnnig · wnining
  • yourselfoyurself · yoruself · youreslf · yourrself · yoursefl · yourselff · yoursellf · yourslef

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "winning" and "yourself" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "winning" is a verb and "yourself" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "winning" or "yourself" show up more?
"yourself" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,854 in our German list, against #46,403 for "winning". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "winning" and "yourself".

  • Full dictionary entry for "winning" 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 #513,640 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "winning" and "yourself" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs winning". 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 #513,640 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