Which to use
“you're” is an abbrev and “yourself” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,006
- “you're” frequency rank
- #21,854
- “yourself” frequency rank
- 36860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | you're | yourself |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist | [du] dich selbst; [du] dir selbst, [du] selbst |
Letter map: you're vs yourself
Shared letters muted; letters that set you're and yourself apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. you're runs 5 letters (VVVCV) against yourself's 8 (VVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: you're vs yourself
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: you're is anabbrev and yourselfapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
you're is recorded at frequency rank #15,006, classified as anabbrev, 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 36860, this pair ranks #1,604,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of you're vs yourself
Shared letters: eoruy. Private to "you're": -. Private to "yourself": fls.
"you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV · "yourself" · 8 letters · shape VVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- yourself ← oyurself · yoruself · youreslf · yourrself · yoursefl · yourselff · yoursellf · yourslef
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "you're" and "yourself" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "you're" or "yourself" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "you're" 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 #1,604,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "you're" 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
Confusion rank #1,604,894 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.