Which to use
“within” is a preposition and “year” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,872
- “within” frequency rank
- #13,524
- “year” frequency rank
- 43396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | within | year |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | innerhalb, in | eine Dauer von 365 Tagen; Jahr |
Letter map: within vs year
Shared letters muted; letters that set within and year apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Part-of-speech tell for within / year
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: within is apreposition and yearanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
within is recorded at frequency rank #29,872, classified as aprep, pronounced […]. year is at rank #13,524, tagged as anoun, 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 43396, this pair ranks #1,419,456 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of within vs year
Shared letters: none. Private to "within": hintw. Private to "year": aery.
"within" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "year" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "within" and "year" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "within" or "year" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "within" and "year". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "within" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "year" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,419,456 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "within" and "year" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs within". 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 #1,419,456 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.