my

[maɪ]

/[maɪ]/ pron

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The verdict

“my” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,119) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,119
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - possessives Personalpronomen für die 1. Person Singular; mein

Corpus desk

Index DE-my · my · German

my · rank #2,119 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,119
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH modernen

Nearest frequency peer: modernen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “my”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “my” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

my vs m
50% similar
my vs mm
50% similar
my vs me
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for my
PropertyValue
Headwordmy
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[maɪ]
Letters2
Frequency rank#2,119
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “my” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.myliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „modernen“ (#2,118), „Realität“ (#2,120), „manchen“ (#2,117). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for my is neighbouring look-alikes ("m", "mm", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [maɪ]. Frequency #2,119 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Gloss: "possessives Personalpronomen für die 1. Person Singular; mein".

my has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "m", "mm", "me", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is my, spelled M-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    possessives Personalpronomen für die 1. Person Singular; mein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how my appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. That is my best friend.
  2. „Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;“ (Battle Hymn of the Republic)

Antonyms

yourhisheritsourtheir

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "my"?
"my" is spelled M-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [maɪ].
What does "my" mean?
As a pronoun, "my" means: possessives Personalpronomen für die 1. Person Singular; mein
What words are commonly confused with "my"?
"my" is commonly confused with "m", "mm", "me". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "my"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "my" is [maɪ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "my" come from?
"my" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list