XsvsyourselfWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#47,873
“Xs” frequency rank
#21,854
“yourself” frequency rank
69727
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Xs yourself
Definition Plural des Substantivs X [du] dich selbst; [du] dir selbst, [du] selbst

Letter map: Xs vs yourself

Shared letters muted; letters that set Xs and yourself apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
Xs
8 ch
yourself

Grammar separator: Xs vs yourself

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Xs is anoun and yourselfapronoun. On the page they differ by 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Xs is recorded at frequency rank #47,873, classified as anoun, 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 69727, this pair ranks #467,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Xs vs yourself

Shared letters: s. Private to "Xs": x. Private to "yourself": efloruy.

"Xs" · 2 letters · shape CC  ·  "yourself" · 8 letters · shape VVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • yourselfoyurself · yoruself · youreslf · yourrself · yoursefl · yourselff · yoursellf · yourslef

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Xs" for "yourself" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Xs" is a noun and "yourself" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Xs" 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 #47,873 for "Xs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Xs" vs "yourself" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Xs" 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 #467,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Xs" and "yourself" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Xs". 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 #467,756 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