Which to use
“written” is a verb and “yourself” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,644
- “written” frequency rank
- #21,854
- “yourself” frequency rank
- 65498
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | written | yourself |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs write | [du] dich selbst; [du] dir selbst, [du] selbst |
Letter map: written vs yourself
Shared letters muted; letters that set written and yourself apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for written / yourself
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: written is averb and yourselfapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
written is recorded at frequency rank #43,644, 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 65498, this pair ranks #604,806 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of written vs yourself
Shared letters: er. Private to "written": intw. Private to "yourself": flosuy.
"written" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "yourself" · 8 letters · shape VVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "written" and "yourself" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "written" or "yourself" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "written" vs "yourself" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "written" 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 #604,806 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "written" and "yourself" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs written". 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 #604,806 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.