Which to use
“young” is an adjective and “your” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,615
- “young” frequency rank
- #3,411
- “your” frequency rank
- 10026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | young | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jung | dein, Ihr |
Letter map: young vs your
Shared letters muted; letters that set young and your apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - young and your
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: young is anadjective and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
young is recorded at frequency rank #6,615, classified as anadj, pronounced [jʌŋ]. 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 10026, this pair ranks #1,977,142 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of young vs your
Shared letters: ouy. Private to "young": gn. Private to "your": r.
"young" · 5 letters · shape VVVCC · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "young" and "your" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "young" or "your"?
What to do next
You've compared "young" and "your". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "young" 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 #1,977,142 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "young" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs your". 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 #1,977,142 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.