year vs yes, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“year” is a noun and “yes” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,524
“year” frequency rank: #10,596
“yes” frequency rank: 24120
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	year	yes
Definition	eine Dauer von 365 Tagen; Jahr	drückt Zustimmung, Einverständnis aus

Letter map: year vs yes

Shared letters muted; letters that set year and yes apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

year

3 ch

yes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: year is anoun and yesanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

year is recorded at frequency rank #13,524, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. yes is at rank #10,596, tagged as anadv, pronounced [jɛs].

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 24120, this pair ranks #1,852,103 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of year vs yes

Shared letters: ey. Private to "year": ar. Private to "yes": s.

"year" · 4 letters · shape VVVC · "yes" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

year ← eyar · yaer · yearr · yera · yyear

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "year" and "yes" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "year" is a noun and "yes" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "year" or "yes"?

"yes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,596 in our German list, against #13,524 for "year". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "year" and "yes". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "year" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "yes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,852,103 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"year" and "yes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs year". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.