Which to use
“york” is a noun and “yorks” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,146
- “york” frequency rank
- #37,319
- “yorks” frequency rank
- 38465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | york | yorks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Yorkshireterrier | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs york |
Letter map: york vs yorks
Shared letters muted; letters that set york and yorks apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for york / yorks
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: york is anoun and yorksaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “york” sits inside “yorks”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
york is recorded at frequency rank #1,146, classified as anoun, pronounced [jɔʁk]. yorks is at rank #37,319, tagged as averb, 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 38465, this pair ranks #1,563,284 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of york vs yorks
Shared letters: kory. Private to "york": -. Private to "yorks": s.
"york" · 4 letters · shape VVCC · "yorks" · 5 letters · shape VVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "york" and "yorks" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "york" or "yorks"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "york" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yorks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,563,284 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "york" and "yorks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs yorks". 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 #1,563,284 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.