yearvsyourselfWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#13,524
“year” frequency rank
#21,854
“yourself” frequency rank
35378
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature year yourself
Definition eine Dauer von 365 Tagen; Jahr [du] dich selbst; [du] dir selbst, [du] selbst

Letter map: year vs yourself

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

4 ch
year
8 ch
yourself

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: year is anoun and yourselfapronoun. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

year is recorded at frequency rank #13,524, 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 35378, this pair ranks #1,641,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of year vs yourself

Shared letters: ery. Private to "year": a. Private to "yourself": flosu.

"year" · 4 letters · shape VVVC  ·  "yourself" · 8 letters · shape VVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • yeareyar · yaer · yearr · yera · yyear
  • yourselfoyurself · yoruself · youreslf · yourrself · yoursefl · yourselff · yoursellf · yourslef

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "year" and "yourself" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "year" is a noun and "yourself" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "year" or "yourself"?
"year" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,524 in our German list, against #21,854 for "yourself". 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 "yourself". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "year" 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 #1,641,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "year" and "yourself" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs yourself". 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