yearvsyourWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#13,524
“year” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
16935
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature year your
Definition eine Dauer von 365 Tagen; Jahr dein, Ihr

Letter map: year vs your

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

4 ch
year
4 ch
your

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: year is anoun and yourapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

year is recorded at frequency rank #13,524, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. your is at rank #3,411, 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 16935, this pair ranks #1,931,799 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of year vs your

Shared letters: ry. Private to "year": ae. Private to "your": ou.

"year" · 4 letters · shape VVVC  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • yeareyar · yaer · yearr · yera · yyear
  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "year" and "your" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "year" is a noun and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "year" or "your"?
"your" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,411 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 "your". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "year" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "your" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,931,799 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "year" and "your" 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list