yorksvsyou'reWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: yorks is a verb, you're is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“yorks” is a verb and “you're” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,319
“yorks” frequency rank
#15,006
“you're” frequency rank
52325
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature yorks you're
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs york „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist

Letter map: yorks vs you're

Shared letters muted; letters that set yorks and you're apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
yorks
6 ch
you're

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yorks is averb and you'reanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

yorks is recorded at frequency rank #37,319, classified as averb, pronounced […]. you're is at rank #15,006, tagged as anabbrev, 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 52325, this pair ranks #1,101,200 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of yorks vs you're

Shared letters: ory. Private to "yorks": ks. Private to "you're": eu.

"yorks" · 5 letters · shape VVCCC  ·  "you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • yorksoyrks · yokrs · yorkks · yorkss · yorrks · yorsk · yroks · yyorks

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "yorks" and "you're" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "yorks" is a verb and "you're" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "yorks" or "you're"?
"you're" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,006 in our German list, against #37,319 for "yorks". 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 "yorks" and "you're". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "yorks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "you're" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,101,200 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "yorks" and "you're" 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

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