Which to use
“within” is a preposition and “you're” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,872
- “within” frequency rank
- #15,006
- “you're” frequency rank
- 44878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | within | you're |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | innerhalb, in | „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist |
Letter map: within vs you're
Shared letters muted; letters that set within and you're apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Grammar separator: within vs you're
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: within is apreposition and you'reanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
within is recorded at frequency rank #29,872, classified as aprep, 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 44878, this pair ranks #1,371,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of within vs you're
Shared letters: none. Private to "within": hintw. Private to "you're": eoruy.
"within" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- within ← iwthin · wihtin · withhin · withinn · withni · witihn · witthin · wtihin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "within" and "you're" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "within" vs "you're" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "within" and "you're". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "within" 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 #1,371,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "within" and "you're" 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 #1,371,726 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.